Cost of staying safe

hAS the government thought about how much face masks will cost us all? Shops are going to make a huge profit on selling masks. i have paid £5 for a pack of five and begrudge this extra cost.

We already have people struggling to survive financially due to the lockdown. there are families living with long-standing food poverty, so how can they afford to spend this amount on masks?

if masks need to be worn, then they should be provided free of charge. After all, the government has quite happily given away billions already.

KATHY TYRRELL, Kettering, Northants. At 9am on the day we were told we would have to start wearing masks in shops, i ordered 50 face masks for £7.90 online.

At noon, my daughter asked me to order some for her. i was so shocked the price with the same company had gone up to £9.89 in three hours.

CHRIS THOmPSON, Ripley, Derbys.