A delivery truck carrying toilet paper burst into flames in Brisbane, Australia, ratcheting up a sense of panic about the availability of the product amid the coronavirus outbreak
SYDNEY - A delivery truck carrying toilet paper has burst into flames in the Australian city of Brisbane, ratcheting up a sense of panic about the availability of the product generated by the coronavirus outbreak.
The government has urged people not to stockpile it and Prime Minister Scott Morrison has even tried to calm consumers worries about the tissue, as Australia’s tally of coronavirus infections has climbed to 53. It has had two deaths. : The driver escaped without injury and the cargo, including toilet paper, was also largely unaffected.
“There is no reason to denude the shelves of lavatory paper in the supermarkets,” Murphy told a news conference in Canberra.The NT News, a newspaper known for its tongue-in-cheek antics, published eight blank pages in the middle of its Thursday edition saying it was giving readers what they needed.
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