Hong Kong is facing toilet paper crises amid coronavirus outbreak. Toilet rolls are currently in short supply due to shortages caused by panic-buying during outbreak. The authorities have not been able to restock the shortage.
Toilet paper rolls are in high demand and are now one of the most precious commodities for Hong-Kong.
According to the authorities Knife wielding men robbed a delivery man outside a supermarket in theMongKok district who had unloaded rolls of toilet paper outside Wellcome Supermarket.
Report state that 600 toilet paper rolls, valued at around HKD1, 695 ($218; £167), had been stolen.
Despite government assurances that supplies remain unaffected by the virus outbreak, residents have been stocking up on toilet paper.Other household products have also seen panic-buying including rice, pasta and cleaning items.
Face masks and hand sanitizers are almost impossible to get as people try to protect themselves from the coronavirus, which has already claimed more than 1,700 lives.
Authorities have blamed false online rumours for the panic buying and say supplies of food and household goods remain stable.But the panic buying has itself created shortages in one of the world’s most densely populated cities where supermarkets and pharmacies have limited floor space.
