Expats in Hong Kong are buying up masks to send to family and friends back home as supplies return to shops in the Asian financial hub and the coronavirus spreads around the world Follow our live blog for the latest updates:
FILE PHOTO: People with protective masks walk in front of Hong Kong's skyline, following the novel coronavirus disease outbreak, China March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
“My family and friends in Spain are desperate,” said Spanish national Yolanda Caravaca Lopez, who lives in Hong Kong.Lopez said she bought 200 masks to send to Spain and France, where prices were up to 15 times higher. Matthieu Maury, a French expatriate, said he sent 2,000 masks to France more than a week ago but shipments were becoming more expensive and taking longer.
Two months ago, panicky Hong Kong shoppers were queuing overnight to buy them but companies have been setting up production lines in the city.
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