Panicky Hong Kong residents scooped noodles, rice, meat and toilet rolls into su...
HONG KONG - Panicky Hong Kong residents scooped noodles, rice, meat and toilet rolls into supermarket trolleys on Friday despite government assurances of ample supplies during an outbreak of a new coronavirus that has killed 637 people in mainland China.
“Everyone’s snatching whatever they can get. I don’t even know what’s going on,” said a 72-year-old woman surnamed Li as she clutched two bags of toilet rolls. Hong Kong’s health scare comes after months of anti-government protests in the former British colony over fears its special autonomy is being whittled away by Beijing, which denies interfering.
On Saturday, Hong Kong will introduce quarantine for two weeks for all people arriving from the mainland, or who have been there during the last 14 days. “Self discipline and having everybody in Hong Kong fighting...this infectious disease is the most important thing,” said Sophia Chan, the city’s health secretary.
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