Aek Kanopan Inpres Market on The Verge of COVID-19 ?

( Mrs. Yetti Marni: Hijab Trader at Aek kanopan Inpres Market )

Mrs. Yetti Marni, a hijab trader at Aek Kanopan Inpres Market. Not only selling Hijab, but there are daily equipment and also outermost robe worn by women when praying. Mrs.Yetti Marni has started trading at the Aek Kanopan Inpres Market since she was a girl. At first he traded clothes and also grocery. However, based on his experience, staying up late with hijab and daily materials is more profitable and has a selling point over a long period of time.

COVID-19, short but has many meanings. Everyone who hears the word "COVID-19", will inevitably have a bad obsession with its effects. Indeed, not everyone would think that way, but based on the facts of the world's life cycle, many people are harmed by the existence of COVID-19.

Mrs. Yetti Marni, a hijab trader at Aek Kanopan Inpres Market, was also among those adversely affected by COVID-19. "The market is quiet, those who come to stop by just tercount fingers, Sist at the beginning of COVID-19," said Mrs.  Yetti (3/10/22). The COVID-19 pandemic has caused Ms.  Yetti's income to be halved from her usual income. The market situation was quiet and only a few people stopped by to buy.

According to the journal written by Komara et al:2020 "Small businesses have been scaled down and temporarily closed because consumers are staying at home to stem the spread of the highly contagious virus, also known as COVID-19". This situation is caused by government regulations , namely staying at home. This situation is nothing but a factor causing the reduction of buyers in the Aek Kanopan Inpres Market.

The following is a table chart of Mrs. Yetti's income results from 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 (current).

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Based on the chart, we can see that Ms. Yetti's income, which initially reached 24 million per year, has decreased by half from normal at the beginning of COVID-19 and the following year. This is due to the declining economic level of local residents and also the existence of regulations to stay at home and keep their distance.

Many affected SMEs are unable to bounce back to operations when things have normalized because their capital has been eroded to cover family living expenses (income streams are stuck during business stops), "Budastra:2020". For two years income has been uncertain and declining. In 2022, Mrs. Yetti's income has begun to return to normal. This means that the activities that have been constrained have been active again in the Aek Kanopan Inpres Market and Mrs. Yetti has been able to improve market conditions.  Mrs. Yetti's message, "everything has a way out, as long as we remain confident and trying". That's how Ms. Yetti got through the COVID-19 period both in trading and living her life.

DENADA SEPTIANI YESA

A STUDENT OF UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MEDAN

BILINGUAL CHEMISTRY EDUCATION 2022

LECTURER: SITI RAHMAH, S.Pd., M.Sc