NSTworld: Australia’s biggest supermarket on Wednesday announced a limit on toiletpaper purchases after the global spread of coronavirus sparked a spate of panic buying Down Under. covid19
Woolworths said the restriction of four packs of toilet paper per person would apply “to ensure more customers have access to the products.”
Despite government assurances, there has been a run on some items at Australian supermarkets in recent days, with images on social media purportedly showing shelves stripped of goods such as toilet paper, pasta and canned food. Retailers have also experienced shortages of masks and hand sanitisers amid fears over the deadly coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 90,000 people and killed 3,100.
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