2021-04-19 12:36:31 GMT2021-04-19 20:36:31(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ISTANBUL, April 19 (Xinhua) Hayriye Ustun strolled around her neighborhood marketplace looking for the best prices as she suffered from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has sent food prices through the roof. I can assure you that each week, I see the prices of items going up, and it is very challenging for us because wages stay almost steady, the 47-year-old housewife told Xinhua in Istanbul s Kozyatagi neighborhood.
Ustun complained that she needs more money each month to fill her two bags of groceries for her family of four, living in Turkey s biggest and busiest city. Her husband is the sole breadwinner of the family.