Dates: How the Covid-19 pandemic affected date consumption patterns

This year, many people have resumed buying dates during Ramadan for home consumption as well as gifting and donating to mosques. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

Dates have been a crucial aspect of Ramadan for centuries and are often the first foods many Muslims eat when they break their daily fast.

This also means that sales of dates typically soar through the roof during Ramadan. But the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on many things and dates have not been excluded.