Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Shortage Of Hygiene Products Is Severe In Holguin

Shortage Of Hygiene Products Is Severe In Holguin
FERNANDO DONATE OCHOA, Holguin | Junio 08, 2015

People in Holguin are worried about the lack of home cleaning products,
particularly so close to the beginning of summer. The shortages have
worsened just when the health authorities are calling for extreme
cleaning measures to prevent acute diarrheal diseases, which can be
worsened by the heat and severe drought affecting the country.

The tips on frequent hand washing and thoroughly scrubbing kitchen
appliances in every home, broadcast on national television, contrast
with the deficit in the area's markets of liquid detergent, chlorine
bleach, degreasers and scrubbing agents. In local stores such as La
Marquesita, Hanoi, Las Novedades and La Casa Azul, there are no supplies
of any of these products.

Employees of the commercial network of stores selling in national pesos
and hard currency in the provincial capital do not know why the
shortages have been exacerbated. Customers, in turn, refer to the other
provinces where these products are available. A situation taken
advantage of by resellers who bring in the products from other provinces
and sell them in the informal market.

The sector of self-employed workers in food services is among the most
affected by the shortages. Holguin province has the fifth highest number
of self-employed in the country, after Havana, Matanzas, Villa Clara and
Camaguey. In the entire country, those who work in the food preparation
and sales re present 12% of the 495,725 people working in the private
sector.

Source: Shortage Of Hygiene Products Is Severe In Holguin -
http://www.14ymedio.com/englishedition/Shortage-Hygiene-Products-Severe-Holguin_0_1793820620.html

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