Covering shorters buy. They'd have to cover if trading totally stops which is increasingly possible. SEC shut down many stocks already in June.
Another possibility is that a brokerage company is doing a favor for a client and allowing him to realize a tax loss. In some cases the brokerage commission may be more than the value of the stock.
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