March 2, 2020
Panic buying hits New York City as anxious shoppers stock up on food and medical supplies after healthcare worker in her 30s becomes the Big Apple's first confirmed coronavirus patient
• Shoppers have been seen scrambling for groceries at supermarkets in Brooklyn and Queens in New York
• Social media videos have emerged of people panic buying at a Chinese supermarket in Flushing, Queens
• Empty shelves were seen in grocery stores around New York amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus
• New York had its first case of the virus confirmed on Sunday as the national cases hit 91 and two deaths
• Two deaths confirmed in Kirkland, Washington, as patients at Life Care Center and EvergreenHealth hospital
By CHRIS DYER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
APnews.com
Panic buying has hit New York with anxious shoppers clearing supermarket shelves as they stock up on food and medical supplies after a woman became the state's first confirmed coronavirus case.
People started stockpiling items from stores over the weekend as authorities confirmed on Sunday that a healthcare worker in her 30s had been diagnosed with coronavirus.
The number of cases across the U.S. soared to 91 over the weekend with two confirmed deaths from the virus.
The two coronavirus-related deaths were confirmed in Washington state and included a resident at the Life Care Center nursing home and a patient at the EvergreenHealth hospital.
The spread of the disease, which began in China and has seen more than 89,000 cases worldwide and over 3,000 fatalities, prompted panic-buying ever since health authorities warned that Americans should start preparing for domestic acceleration of the virus.
Videos emerged on social media over the weekend of shoppers rushing to stock up on toilet paper, bottled water, disinfectant wipes and sanitizer at a Costco in Brooklyn.
Shoppers were pictured lining up outside supermarkets on Monday morning as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that the city will be testing for community spread.
'I fully expect to find community spread. You can't have it in this many places on the globe and in this many places in the country and it not be in New York,' he said.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8064575/Panic-buying-hits-New-York-coronavirus-case-NYC.html
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