Prices of protective facemasks have inched-up and as they become the quickest and lucrative commodity just as the country records a surge in COVID-19 new infections.
At the time President Nana Akufo-Addo is encouraging the public to mask-up, and security agencies enforcing the wearing of the facemask, the commodity has become a cash cow for producers and traders.
The Ghana News Agency (GNA) on a visit to retail shops and street hawkers observed that prices had shot up again to GH¢50.00 for a pack of 50 pieces.
The prices of the same quantity of surgical facemask a week ago was between GH¢20.00 to GH¢39.00.