Coles and Woolworths have reintroduced limits on products in Victoria due to a spike in panic buying.
Shoppers will once again only be be restricted on how much toilet paper they can buy in supermarkets across the state.
A Woolworths spokesman said the company had reimposed a two per-person limit on another of essential items across its Victorian stores on Wednesday afternoon.
The limits apply to toilet paper, hand sanitiser, paper towel, flour, sugar, pasta, mince, UHT milk, eggs and rice. The limits will also apply to online order.
The move comes as concerned residents strip some stores of the essential items as they face the possibility of mandatory lockdown amid an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in outer-suburban Melbourne
There was an additional 20 cases confirmed on Wednesday. An 80-year-old man also died on Tuesday night from COVID-19 in Victoria.
A Coles shopper snapped a picture inside the store in Craigieburn, Melbourne, showing a sign informing customers they can only buy four packs of toilet paper.
The move is in response to 'significantly elevated demand seen over the past 24 hours in certain parts of Melbourne'.
Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos said they 'won't rule out' reintroducing stay at home orders for coronavirus hotspots.
'Our government has said that if the public health advice from our experts is to reintroduce stay at home legal directions, in particular locations we will consider doing that,' Ms Mikakos told ABC Radio National Breakfast.
'Clearly some people think the pandemic is over. It's not over. We want people to remain at a heightened sense of awareness about physical distancing.'
On Tuesday, tensions were already on the rise in COVID-19 hot spots from Melbourne's west to east.
One Brimbank resident told Daily Mail Australia he had heard about people stockpiling again on morning radio and had come down to the shops to grab some rolls before they vanished.
Reports spread quickly that a local shopping centre within the same municipality had already run out of the product.
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