The people of new York in expectation of the imminent epidemic of the coronavirus, which has affected 101 country of the world (110 million infected), in a panic buying in stores food, water, necessities, antiseptics for hands, face masks, cleaning products, toilet paper, medicines etc
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eBay completely blocked the announcement of the sale of protective masks, antiseptics for hands and disinfecting wipes citing “administrative constraints in the U.S.”
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The people of new York in expectation of the imminent epidemic of the coronavirus, which has affected 101 country of the world (110 million infected), in a panic buying in stores food, water, necessities, antiseptics for hands, face masks, cleaning products, toilet paper, medicines, etc. many stores the shelves are empty.
We will remind, in the U.S. state of new York due to the growth in the number of cases COVID-19 state of emergency. The number of cases of coronavirus in the state reached 105. But only in the United States identified over 560 contracted. According to the latest official information from the infection in the country has already killed 21 people.
The flames of panic poured the American Red Cross, advising citizens to “prepare for emergencies” – to stock up on food, antiseptic, to make the supply of drugs at least 30 days, to have a home painkillers, medicines for cough, colds and vitamins. With regard to products, Americans were advised to have on hand a minimum of 14-day supply of food and necessities.
The fear of epidemic is caused in large stores kind of crazy, write the American media. Online pharmacies such as CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, and other struggling to cope with the demand for disinfectants for the hands, they are almost impossible to find. And as soon as supplies of antiseptics, they were immediately bought up. Americans daily post on your social networks images of empty shelves with water and antiseptics in major chain stores including Costco, Walmart, Target and Home Depot and long queues both inside and outside the stores.
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“Everyone is afraid of the coronavirus, storing water and rice”, – quotes the employee of the Brooklyn Costco the New York Post. According to him, “you have to constantly replenish the water, buyers are lining up to take the bottle.” Buyer at Costco complained that “the woman in front of him in line bought thermometers for $2 thousand. “It’s worse than going shopping before thanksgiving,” he said.
Social networking shopping also compare with the excitement before Christmas in the US, when there are large discounts on products. “There are more people than at Christmas,” said one of the managers of Costco.
The stores noted a sharp increase in the number of buyers recently. So, Costco chief financial officer Richard Galanti reported that the stores in new York recorded a large increase in sales in the last quarter, as customers rush to stock up on cleaning products, necessities and food with the spread of coronavirus.
“Holders of a membership card of the store come to us on various issues related to the preparation to the virus and combat it. Products include dry foods, cleaning products and bleach, water, paper goods, disinfectant for hands, disinfectant wipes, products for health and beauty”, – he said to CNN.
The head of the chain stores Morton Williams Orlando Olav told CBS that his business grew by 10%. In his words, “more likely to buy water, canned soup, canned foods, for example, cans of tuna”.
Manufacturers of cleaning products such as Clorox, and companies producing consumer goods such as Campbell Soup also reported growing demand for their products in recent weeks, reports “Interfax”.
The wave of panic was reflected in major online stores such as Amazon and eBay. It is impossible to order a mask or antiseptic for adults and children, and if possible, with delivery in a month. To the Costco and Target pages with cleaners and disinfectant wipes are marked as “not available”.
The Americans recently received many complaints about high prices for masks and antiseptic, with some buyers willing to pay more to buy products that are in stock.
According to The New York Post, online sales of products for virus protection over the past two months soared to 817%.
eBay completely blocked the announcement of the sale of protective masks, antiseptics for hands and disinfecting wipes citing “administrative constraints on U.S. soil”. This was done due to the fact that the packaging of antiseptics, usually sold for $10, began to exhibit in the online store for $400.
Representatives of eBay said that “to prevent the extraordinary rise in the price of the relevant goods on the website special measures”. eBay banned sellers use in ads to “coronavirus”, “virus”, “COVID-19” and the derivative, equating it “attempts to capitalize on the tragedies and natural disasters”.
In the online store Amazon, two large bottles of disinfectant for the hands Purell was on sale for $299, normally one bottle costs about $9. Box of masks for $20 sold for more than $1 thousand to The New York Post says that Amazon has already removed 530 thousand properties at inflated prices and stopped the interaction with the 2.5 thousand companies supplying products.
The state government is also trying to deal with inflated prices on goods in stores after the complaints received from customers. For example, bottles of antiseptic Purell 1200 ml in Manhattan can be found for $79.
In connection with the direct or indirect threat of virus spread in the schools of new York state as of March 8, a minimum of four educational institutions were closed on quarantine. A permanent cleaning and disinfecting in all schools, children and their parents were given a memo about the coronavirus.
About 2.7 thousands of new Yorkers have chosen to isolate themselves at home. Many try not to visit places of a mass congestion of people-primarily in popular tourist locations of the city.
Some Manhattan offices can also close the doors to protect their employees.
Many of the passengers in the new York subway when traveling do not remove gloves or use disinfectant wipes. Cleaning products are actively used for the cleaning of the offices. The shop-assistant wear disposable gloves.
Chief surgeon of the United States Jerome Adams, part of a working group of the administration of President Donald trump to combat coronavirus, asked US residents not to panic, and cited a number of figures which should reassure the citizens: it drew attention to the fact that a common flu last year in the United States died, 18 thousand people, and from coronavirus – a thousand times less.