Countryside market in Nghe An: People jostle to buy and sell, ignoring Covid-19

Huy Thu• March 28, 2020 17:46

(Baonghean.vn) - While the Covid-19 epidemic is developing complicatedly, the Government and the Provincial People's Committee have requested to avoid large gatherings, but in rural markets on March 28, people are still subjective, negligent, gathering in crowded markets without strictly implementing protection, disinfection, not wearing masks... high risk of spreading the epidemic.

While schools, restaurants, religious establishments... have stopped their activities, on March 28, according to our records, rural markets in Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen, Thanh Chuong, and Do Luong districts still meet daily and in sessions. Each market meeting, each rural market, depending on its size, has hundreds, even thousands of participants. In the photo: Quang Son commune afternoon market, Do Luong district. Photo: Huy Thu

When entering the market, people still jostle, do not wear masks, buy and sell by hand.... Photo: Huy Thu

There are places where people gather in groups of 3 or 7 to buy, sell, and chat. Photo: Huy Thu

Most vendors at rural markets are still negligent about the Covid-19 epidemic, not wearing masks or wearing them just for show, and rarely disinfecting their hands. Photo: Huy Thu

Rural people are used to going to the market casually and easily communicating, buyers and sellers often stand close together, without any protective measures, while the epidemic situation is complicated, this is alarming. Photo: Huy Thu

A resident at Cau market in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district said: "I keep hearing the media talk about the dangers and rapid spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, but wearing a mask feels so oppressive that I don't want to wear it." Photo: Huy Thu

Not only locals, but also "stranger" young men who came to market cooking oil at the rural market still did not wear masks properly, soliciting and talking to people throughout the market session. Photo: Huy Thu