Automobile dealers are feeling the pain with a drop of close to 50 percent in sales in March.
Kelowna Auto Dealers Association president Jamie Koban said they've had to make some changes on how they do business.
“Most dealers in town, if not all, do offer online purchases. A lot of contracts that we do can be done over email and then the vehicle can either be picked up with keys ready for you with the vehicle disinfected so it’s literally a contactless delivery,” said Koban.
In B.C, automobile dealers are deemed as essential service.
Koban said they are trying to keep their head above water.
“The services that we’re providing at this point are more toward the essential side of things. So, making sure that if someone needs their vehicle fixed, it can get fixed so they can get where they’re going, get groceries things like that and then on the sales side of it, I think its more geared towards making sure people are able to make their payments."
Sales were down 48 percent last month, with even more bad news likely to come at the end of April.
Koban said dealerships are open for business are taking all the safety precautions necessary.
“We’re practising social distancing, making sure that there’s a lot less people in the buildings at all times, making sure everything’s disinfected after anybody’s come through.”