On January 20 and 21, 80 million masks have been sold on Taobao, the e-commerce platform said on Wednesday.
At present, Taobao is in the process of emergency stocking across the country to ensure that consumers can use masks, disinfectant, hand sanitizer and other supplies in a timely manner.
With the increase in the number of new types of coronavirus infections in China, many mask merchants on the Taobao platform have given up the Spring Festival holiday, and some suppliers have urgently asked employees who have returned to their hometowns to return to their posts to make masks at 5 times the regular salary.
Many couriers have also returned to work and will continue to deliver to consumers during the Spring Festival.
During the Spring Festival, in nearly 300 cities in China, masks purchased by consumers at Tmall supermarkets can be shipped.
When buying masks, consumers can choose to purchase from the merchants marked "Spring Festival delivery", which can ship during the Spring Festival.
It is worth mentioning that the 10 billion subsidy program on Juhuasuan, Alibaba's group-buying and flash-sale platform, has also launched an "anti-virus section". In addition to masks, the products in the anti-virus area cover various categories such as hand washing, cleaning agents, disinfectants and VC effervescent tablets.
Chinese health authorities announced Wednesday that 440 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 13 provincial-level regions in the country by the end of Tuesday, according to Xinhua News Agency.
