Covid-19 new wave shuts European Union market for flower exporters

Kenya’s flower industry stands to lose $7.3 million in sales in a second wave of massive losses that could trigger another round of job cuts as orders from key European Union markets slump due to a Covid-19 resurgence, according to the Kenya Flower Council (KFC).

After incurring $300,000 losses a day during the first wave of Covid-19 between April and July — flower firms laid off about 80 percent of their employees and airlines too felt the impact of low or lost cargo business.