In stock: Where to buy your COVID-19 face masks in the NT

WITH the latest health announcement making face masks mandatory in all major Northern Territory airports and on planes, Territorians planning on a trip should equip themselves with a mask

WITH the latest health announcement making face masks mandatory in all major Northern Territory airports, Territorians planning on a trip should equip themselves with a mask.

Homemade cloth masks are suitable as alternatives to store bought masks.

Disposable masks should only be used for a couple of hours and not re-used.

Amcal Pharmacy Darwin are fully stocked with face masks and are “ready for the next panic bulk buy”.

Staff have reassured customers they have a range of masks available from disposable to the surgical KN95 masks.

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However, the chain stores in Palmerston, Darwin and Alice Springs have all sold out of the KN95 masks.

Priceline Pharmacy in Alice Springs sells KN95 masks, which come in 10 packs ($52) and singles ($5.19).

Currently in stock, they have 20 units of each of the 10-pack and single options.

The NT News understands they are not currently flying off the shelves.

Northside Pharmacy in Alice Springs has 200 face masks in stock.

An employee said the demand for the masks had been “unpredictable”.

“It’s on and off. Sometimes there are frequent requests for them,” he said.

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Wildfire Blooms and Country Bliss in Alice Springs also stocks face masks.

Bunnings Palmerston has ample stock of disposable face masks, which are sold in packs of 10 for $4.