Prevent Covid-19, Red Ginger Hunted by Residents, Believed to be able to Maintain the Body Stamina

TRIBUNBATAM.id - Red Ginger as one of the spices that is believed to have properties to maintain endurance, is now selling well hunted by residents.

The importance of maintaining endurance is considered very important lately due to the outbreak of Covid-19 or Corona virus.

Especially since Indonesia has a positive case of Covid-19.

Tribunbatam.id observations on Thursday (05/03/2020) at Jodoh Main Market, Lubuk Baja, Batam City, plants that have the Latin name Zingiber Officinale are still visible in stock. 

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Although selling well, the price has not experienced a significant increase.

The average price per kilogram is sold at Rp. 46 thousand to Rp. 50 thousand.

A spice seller named Ucok said that red ginger is indeed in high demand by residents. 

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Buyers come and go after buying red ginger from Ucok, originally from Medan.

Search by Tribunbatam.id, only a handful of spice traders who still have a stock of red ginger.

Another trader named Khoirudin admitted that he had not sold red ginger for a week. 

Khoirudin said, in addition to red ginger, curcuma was now also being hunted by the residents.

As a result, the stock at Jodoh Main Market also went out, as well as red ginger.

According to Khoirudin, the price of spices has slowly gone up. (TribunBatam.id/ardananasution) 

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