Nigeria: Ebola Causes Scarcity, Increase in Demand for Hand Sanitizer, Other Products

13 August 2014

THE fear of the deadly Ebola virus, which has gripped Lagosians on one part, is also boosting the sales of hand sanitizers, salt and bitter kola as demand for these products has soared.

It was indeed unusual as people queued up in almost every pharmacy and mini stores in Surulere, Lagos yesterday, to purchase of hand sanitizer. It has been discovered that many people in Lagos are today scared of body contact and warm greetings in form of handshakes.

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