The President of the Union of Confectioners said: “With the outbreak of the coronavirus and a sharp drop in demand from citizens, sales of this class have dropped by up to 70%.” The head of the Tehran Bird and Fish Sellers’ Union announced a 50 percent reduction in chicken meat following the outbreak of COVID-19 and a decrease in demand. Mehdi Yousefkhani said: “The decline in demand for chicken meat is due to the closure of restaurants, halls, hotels, parties and the prevention of the lack of cleaning and chipping of chicken in retail units.” The head of the country’s livestock supply council announced the growing trend of light and heavy livestock population and said: “Red meat consumption has fallen by about 60 percent following the outbreak of the coronavirus and the closure of restaurants and halls.”
