With the emergence of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in many countries around the world, people in many areas around the world have begun to worry, and there are rushes of buying in many countries. People have begun to stock up on goods, and masks, disinfectants, medicines, food and toilet paper are the hottest.
Among them, toilet paper, which seems to have nothing to do with the epidemic prevention virus, has caused many countries to take turns to stage a "toilet paper chaos" due to false news on the Internet, and it is getting more and more intense! What are the regions and countries where supermarkets are rushing to buy?
There has been a surge in supermarkets everywhere, including clocking from left to right: Hong Kong, Australia, the United States, and South Korea. Original link: https://www.zaobao
Hong Kong: The coronavirus epidemic continues. In addition to citizens buying toilet paper and masks, the most topical thing is that someone actually robbed the supermarket with a knife and robbed hundreds of rolls of toilet paper.
Macau: Macau is in a panic of COVID-19, and there is a wave of buying in supermarkets in many districts. In addition to bread, vegetables, rice, canned food and other foods, disinfection and cleaning products such as toilet paper, bleach, disinfectant, alcohol hand sanitizer and cooling liquid have become the targets of citizens for purchasing.
Macau supermarkets and other goods were swept away.
Japan: The Diamond Princess cruise ship docked at Yokohama , which is out of control of the epidemic, and rumors are flying everywhere, toilet paper has become the main product that Japanese people have rush to buy. Some restaurants and convenience stores also suffered because some people couldn't buy toilet paper, so they simply took the whole roll from the store's toilet, and even disinfected alcohol was easy to take. Not only that, gauze in drugstores has also become the target of buying. The main reason is that people cannot buy masks, so they use gauze inner pads to extend the life of masks. In recent days, Japanese supermarkets and paper merchants have joined forces to arrange the "toilet paper mountains" with a large amount of toilet paper, hoping to comfort and calm the people down.
South Korea: After the outbreak of the epidemic in South Korea, there were countless people waiting in a long queue before some supermarkets opened.
Italy: Due to local people’s concerns that the lockdown measures will be expanded, supermarkets in various districts of Italy have been snatching grain. Pasta, dry food, drinks, meat, fruits and toilet paper were all snapped up.
Mexico: After the first case of COVID-19 patients were diagnosed, people began to rush to buy toilet paper in supermarkets.
UK: The coronavirus epidemic has caused panic in the local area, and people have begun to rush to buy toilet paper. Some netizens in the UK even went to supermarkets to shoot videos of the rush to buy. The film shows that the toilet paper and hand sanitizer shelves have been emptied.
Canada: Because the coronavirus infection patients appeared, local residents went to various supermarkets to rush to buy them. Some netizens notified other netizens on Twitter which supermarket products were sold out.
New Zealand : After the first case of COVID-19 patients appeared in the local area, many people went to supermarkets to purchase toilet paper, disinfectant and bottled water and became popular products.
Germany: As the number of confirmed cases surges, local people are also panic. There is a wave of buying in many supermarkets across the country, and daily necessities are sold out! There was even a rumor that someone stole toilet paper from the public bathroom.
United States: The number of people infected with the coronavirus continues to rise in the United States, and local people are flocking to supermarkets to stockpile daily necessities. In addition to protective disinfectant supplies such as masks and disinfectants, even toilet paper was snatched away.
Australia: In order to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, Australia has also set off a wave of hoarding. At first, Chinese people mainly rushed to buy, but later many Australians also joined the buying trend. On March 4 local time, a customer "draws his sword" at another person in a supermarket in Sydney . It is understood that the two had a conflict to rush to buy toilet paper. Local supermarket Woolworths then began to limit each customer to purchase up to four packs of toilet paper.
Indonesia: After confirmed cases appeared in the local area, people went to supermarkets to buy fast noodles and frozen food, and sugar, hand sanitizer and disinfection and cleaning supplies were sold out quickly.
Singapore : After the "Disease Outbreak Response System" (DORSCON) alert level was raised from yellow to orange, Singapore suddenly launched a wave of buying overnight. In addition to buying white rice and fast noodles, toilet paper is also one of the main products that Chinese people rush to buy. In addition to sweeping dry food and toilet paper in major supermarkets, many Chinese people also drove to neighboring countries Malaysia Johor to continue buying on weekends.
From this we can see that in the face of the virus, panic is the most terrible infectious disease.
