“Earlier, people used to come to my shop every day to chit chat and read the newspaper, even if they don’t necessarily need a haircut or shave. However, because of the corona virus outbreak, people are not getting out and my business has been terribly affected. I sit here waiting the entire day, only to do five to six haircuts on an average, which is very less. The last two months have been incredibly difficult. For any business to shutdown for even a day or two incurs major losses and we were closed for two whole months! When we finally resumed operations in June, we had to think about all the safety measures we needed to follow to ensure the customers stay safe. Even after many days of getting permission to open the barber shops, it is still not looking good for us. For the past two weeks, we did not earn even half of our usual income. Sometimes customers insist on removing the masks inside the salon. I then need to explain the risks involved because of the virus. We don’t want to add to people’s worries, but we need to protect both, the staff as well as the customers. Most of our regular customers are still worried about stepping out for their usual grooming services and we can only wait till they are comfortable to walk into our salons again.”

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