Australia's major grocers put strict limits on purchases of toilet paper on...
SYDNEY - Australia’s major grocers put strict limits on purchases of toilet paper on Wednesday after a rush of panic buying related to coronavirus fears emptied shelves, as the country recorded its third case of local transmission of the disease.
It has reported 42 cases of the coronavirus - the bulk of whom were evacuees from a cruise ship docked in Japan - and just three cases where people who have not left the country have been infected. “We are trying to reassure people that removing all of the lavatory paper from the shelves of supermarkets probably isn’t a proportionate or sensible thing to do at this time,” Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy told a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday.
Police confirmed they were called to a supermarket in Sydney to deal with “a disturbance in an aisle”, with local media reporting the authorities had cordoned off the toilet paper shelves as a result. “We have increased deliveries from our distribution centers and our teams are working hard to fill the shelves as quickly as possible,” it said in an emailed statement.
“Whether or not it was related to coronavirus, we don’t know at this point,” NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard told reporters about the death.
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