KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): Major e-commerce platforms in Malaysia, Shopee and Lazada, have come forward to assure that there is enough supply of face masks and there is no need for panic buying ahead of the mandatory use of face masks in public places come Aug 1, 2020. There was also a 40% spike in demand, week-on-week, for children's face masks and face shields since the announcement on the reopening of schools on July 1, 2020, he said. "If users search for the item on Shopee, they can find many sellers who are offering face masks at affordable prices. "Users can even find face masks from as low as RM10.90 during the Shocking Sale period,” Ho said. The company said even when the nation faced a shortage of face masks during the MCO earlier this year, Lazada Malaysia scoured the globe and became one of the first local eCommerce marketplaces to have restocked face masks and supplied the community on a daily basis.

Source: The Edge Markets July 29, 2020 05:48 UTC