helves are being stripped bare of toilet rolls, hand sanitiser and surgical masks as panic buying criss-crosses the globe.
Large UK retailers are suffering supply disruptions because of the conoravirus that are hitting sales, according to a survey.HONG KONG - Shelves are being stripped bare of toilet rolls, hand sanitiser and surgical masks everywhere from Japan to France to the United States as panic buying criss-crosses the globe with the coronavirus, defying repeated calls for calm and disrupting supply chains.
Last month, 10,000 people queued outside a Hong Kong shop that had secured a shipment, and days later masks were voted the most desireable gifts to receive for Valentine's Day.
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