Taiwan COVID-19 epidemic has heated up sharply, and community cluster infection has occurred. Taiwan’s epidemic prevention department announced that it would raise the epidemic prevention alert to the second level, and judged that the transmission chain of unknown sources of infection in Yilan County, , New Taipei City, and other places may further expand, and may be upgraded to the third level of warning in the near future, that is, gatherings of more than 5 people indoors and more than 10 people outdoors will be stopped, business places and public areas will be closed, and only necessary services such as maintaining order, medical care, and official services will be retained. The news has caused a certain degree of social panic. People on the island have rushed to buy and hoarded supplies in the past two days. Some large supermarkets and supermarkets have been empty, and their daily lives have been greatly affected.
frequently confirmed cases on many places on the island, disinfection operations are carried out in public places
frequently confirmed cases with unknown sources of infection are frequently found on the island, but the DPP authorities insist on not screening them. The people are worried that this wave of epidemic will be out of control and may face a "closure" at that time. Starting from May 12, there was a wave of buying in supermarkets, mass sales stores and other stores in various counties and cities on the island. Noodle instant and toilet paper and other daily necessities were swept away. There were long queues in the checkout area, and some staff members said that "replenishing the goods and checkout is soft."
It is understood that the average daily sales of convenience foods such as dry noodles sold by a chain convenience store on the island have nearly doubled; the performance of foods such as rice and canned food in a shopping center has also increased by 30% to 40%; the online food orders of a supermarket have exceeded the single-day sales record. In addition, the island's epidemic prevention materials were also robbed, and the pharmacy's alcohol, masks and other shelves were empty, and the number of orders for epidemic prevention materials on the online shopping platform increased sharply. Data from a shopping website shows that the platform's mask sales rose by 70%, the sales of 75% alcohol increased by 2 times, and forehead thermometers and other products were also quite popular.
people on the island rush to buy supplies
The spread of the epidemic has triggered a wave of buying. Many Taiwanese people are worried that they will face shortage of supplies and living difficulties in the future. They criticized the island's epidemic prevention policy as "losing the big picture due to small losses". For the sake of an aviation industry, it will ruin the service industry, and may ruin the entire Taiwan.
Editor: Yangyang
Source: Comprehensive Taiwan media
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