With the advent of COVID-19, consumer priorities have shifted; the new luxury items are masks, sanitisers, and other health & safety equipment. But some sellers have been taking advantage of consumer fears by marking up mask prices as much as 20 times the retail price.

Produced by: Christine Wong

Presented by: Richard Bradbury, Arvindh Yuvaraj, and Christine Wong

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