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A nursing home closure and a disturbance at a Strabane funeral are also in Friday's papers. read more...
A nursing home closure and a disturbance at a Strabane funeral are also in Friday's papers.
With concerns of the coronavirus growing into a pandemic and shoppers stocking up, experts say consumers will find more empty shelves by mid-April.
Rochester store shelves are still well-stocked Monday, even as panic over coronavirus triggered a run on many products in other cities.
Australia's biggest grocery chain Woolworths Group Ltd and the local arm of...
Quickly emptying shelves prompt Woolworths to place limits on toilet paper purchases, as new cases of coronavirus are recorded in Australia.
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
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.
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.
Australia's major grocers put strict limits on purchases of toilet paper on...
A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals.
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 […]
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...
It seems Australia decided to skip the pleasantries and go full lawless post-apocalypse.
NT News, known for its humorous front pages, produces a special edition amid panic over loo roll shortage
Saeed Namaki made the announcement at a televised news conference. He added that schools and universities will remain closed through Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on March 20.
Toilet paper has been flying off the shelves around the world as coronavirus-wary consumers begin stockpiling large quantities of emergency and household supplies.
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.