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In another city, surveys by theat supermarkets revealed that rice, cooking oil and instant noodles were flying off the shelves.Deela Shaari, 34, who was doing her grocery shopping at Teng Mini Market Centre in Bangsar here, said she was shocked to see panic buying.
“It is up to people on what they are doing. If they feel anxious and want to stock up on their groceries, we can’t do anything,” she said, while hoping the panic would subside soon. Instant noodles have been snapped up by shoppers at Giant Amcorp Mall in Petaling Jaya. -NSTP/ASWADI ALIAS, food items such as canned food, rice, cooking oil and instant noodles had begun flying off the shelves in supermarkets in Klebang and Meru.“I need to be prepared. We never know what will happen. A sharp increase of positive cases could happen just like in Spain or Italy.“I have started stocking up on essentials since last week,” she said.
He said the surgical mask manufacturers were trying to meet demand, but they could not set an exact time frame on when they could deliver the items.
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