Viral hysteria: Hong Kong panic buying sparks run on toilet paper

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HONG KONG: Panic buyers in Hong Kong have descended on supermarkets to snap up toilet rolls as the government warned that online rumours of ...

HONG KONG: Panic buyers in Hong Kong have descended on supermarkets to snap up toilet rolls as the government warned that online rumours of shortages were hampering the city's fight against a deadly coronavirus outbreak.packing trolleys with multiple packets of toilet rolls, with some arguments breaking out.The footage - and photos of shelves emptied of toilet rolls - sparked a call from the government for the public to halt panic buying.

While Hong Kong has closed most of its land borders to mainland China, where the coronavirus outbreak began, freight services have not been affected, the government said.

 

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why huh ? Bizarre , only guess import of toilet papers from China were blackout due to nCoV

Y toilet rolls which is meant for asshole n not nosehole......funny lots of hongkongers.

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