Hundreds of shops have been returned to markets in Moulmein as the Kovis-19 has not been able to reopen as before, according to market committee officials.

Not all shops have reopened at Moulmein Market No. 1 and Myaing Yadanar Market, but only food and medicine shops are allowed to open.

Other shops were closed after more than two months and had to be returned due to lack of income.

"Everything is difficult in the markets," he said. Some shop tenants have returned everything. There is a significant decrease in the market. The longer the market closes, the more difficult it will be. If we return it now, there will be around 100 shops, ”said an official from the No. 1 Market Committee.

As a result of the return of the shops, hundreds of workers who relied on the shops became unemployed.

"The economy depends on this," he said. Food and shelter When a children's school is opened, it is dependent on the school staff to provide food and shelter for the staff. the first, In the second wave, we looked at the workers as they deserved. In the third wave, there are sections where the workers cannot be looked back on because of the high cost of health care, ”said a clothing shop owner.

Unemployed sales staff are struggling to make ends meet.

“We do not get paid because the market is closed. In this crisis, the disease is not good. If you need to spend all your savings, you have to borrow money from others, ”said one worker.

In Moulmein Township, there are more than 2,000 shops selling clothes and other goods at No. 1 Market and Myaing Yadanar Market, and more than 4,000 workers depend on the market, according to the market committee.