Coronavirus fears empty store shelves of toilet paper bottled water masks as shoppers stock up

With concerns of the coronavirus growing into a pandemic and shoppers stocking up, experts say consumers will find more empty shelves by mid-April.

Coronavirus Fears See Mask Hand Sanitizer Water Toilet Paper Shortages at Costco Walmart and Target

Coronavirus shopping list: Toilet paper? Yes. Hand sanitizer? Not so much

Rochester store shelves are still well-stocked Monday, even as panic over coronavirus triggered a run on many products in other cities.

Coronavirus fears spark 'panic buying' of toilet paper water hand sanitizer. Here's why we all need to calm down

No square to spare in Australia as stores cap toilet paper 'panic buying' over coronavirus

Australia's biggest grocery chain Woolworths Group Ltd and the local arm of...

Coronavirus update: Toilet paper purchases limited as people stock up

Quickly emptying shelves prompt Woolworths to place limits on toilet paper purchases, as new cases of coronavirus are recorded in Australia.

Coronavirus forces Japan to rethink its view of toilet roll

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Australian stores ration toilet paper amid coronavirus panic buying

Australia's major grocers put strict limits on purchases of toilet paper on Wednesday after a rush of panic buying related to coronavirus fears emptied shelves, as the country recorded its third case of local transmission of the disease. Australia was one of the first countries to take a hardline

Coronavirus: Can’t Buy More Than Four Packs of Toilet Paper in Australia

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, the AFP reported.

Coronavirus update: More COVID-19 cases confirmed across Australia as shoppers stock up on toilet paper groceries

Woolworths puts limits on toilet paper purchases to curb panic-buying, as new cases of COVID-19 — including an aged-care worker through person-to-person transmission — are recorded in Australia.

Not a square to spare: Australian shops ration toilet paper amid coronavirus panic

Australia's major grocers put strict limits on purchases of toilet paper on...

Coronavirus panic-buying in Australia is weirdly obsessively focused on toilet paper

A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals.

Soft strong and very expensive: Australia shoppers charge fortune for toilet paper amid coronavirus panic

Like death, taxes and Gallagher brothers squabbles, you can guarantee that whenever there’s a crisis, someone will find a way to profit from it — like how shoppers in Australia have done with toilet paper. The world is currently gripped by the expanding coronavirus outbreak, with confirmed cases reported in Italy, the US, and even […]

Coronavirus: Australia runs out of toilet paper

The threat of coronavirus has inspired a wave of panic buying in Australia, resulting in items including loo paper disappearing from shelves across the country. Australians have begun to prepare for disaster at levels previously unseen, even at the height of the country’s recent extreme bushfires and other natural disasters. The huge demand for loo paper has seen supermarket supplies dry up in minutes, and in Sydney one chain has implemented a...

People in Australia are weirdly focused on buying toilet paper in their coronavirus panic

It seems Australia decided to skip the pleasantries and go full lawless post-apocalypse.

Coronavirus: Australian newspaper prints extra pages to help out in toilet paper shortage

NT News, known for its humorous front pages, produces a special edition amid panic over loo roll shortage

Amid coronavirus panic Australian newspaper prints extra pages because of toilet paper shortage

Toilet paper has been flying off the shelves around the world as coronavirus-wary consumers begin stockpiling large quantities of emergency and household supplies.

Coronavirus: Australian newspaper prints blank pages to help tackle toilet paper shortage

An Australian newspaper has printed an extra eight pages to be used as toilet paper after coronavirus fears prompted customers to bulk buy supplies, leaving some supermarket shelves bare.

Coronavirus toilet paper shortage has U.S. retailers limiting purchases

Australia's largest grocery chain capped customers' toilet paper purchases.

Australian toilet-paper truck catches fire sparking supply worries amid coronavirus panic

“The main thing is no one got hurt tonight and we’ve been able to save quite a lot of toilet paper,” fire officials said.