Panic buying back on in Victoria

[imastawka]

 Here we go again.  

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.

More here -

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/coles-and-woolworths-reintroduce-shopping-limits-after-coro...

[icyfroth]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

I stocked up with 750g of pasta, 1kg of flour and an 8-pack of toot roll last month.

Sugar could be an issue, but for the rest I'm right for several months.

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Wise move.

[icyfroth]

Plenty of loo paper in our local IGA. But I bought 24-pack , just in case.  

[rogespeed]

With VIC addressing the " hot spots" like welfare called in to deal with an outbreak of nits at the local primary school , i wonder why 

[bright.ton42]

What do you wonder why.  Yes  welfare should step in to curb an outbreak of nits.  What on earth has that to do with panic buying?

[davidc4430]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Woolworths, Coles bring back toilet paper limits nationwide as coronavirus cases continue to rise in Victoria

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-26/woolworths-coles-re-introduces-toilet-paper-limit/12397374

i'm ok with the limit on toot paper buying but it needs to be backed with a ink stamp on the back of the hand with something that takes at least a few days to wash off.

no returning to buy time and again on the same day.

and we know they drongos will return time and again dont we.

it'll be interesting this sunday, will there be any left at my local woolies

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no shortage of anything i saw today

plenty of toot paper in various size packs

but there was a sign saying a limit of 2 packs per customer.

i didnt see anyone with 2 packs in their trolly

[lyhargr_0]

[davewil1964]

Very little in my metro Woolies.

I did buy a small packet of pasta (a couple of months' worth) just in case.

[imastawka]

How does a small packet of pasta last a couple of months?

Do you allocate 3 pieces for each cuppa soup?     

[rogespeed]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

What do you wonder why.  Yes  welfare should step in to curb an outbreak of nits.  What on earth has that to do with panic buying?

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Nothing directly to do with a casual approach to mitigation as would be expected for a nit outbreak.....just an analogy alluding to the current mitigation measures in known hotspots seeminly being inadequate to detect in a timely manner dangerous carriers and the smitten lurking within their urban dwellings within those suburbs 

They have to get more draconian in those hotspot suburbs - many that are a little ill are the ones that will avoid testing so need a finer net,   and also in order to detect the asymptomatic potential spreaders , that being a more urgent factor now that the people are more susceptible

As evidenced northwards the virus really takes hold mid/late winter time - now is not the time to approach mitigation relatively casually

[bright.ton42]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

What do you wonder why.  Yes  welfare should step in to curb an outbreak of nits.  What on earth has that to do with panic buying?

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Nothing directly to do with a casual approach to mitigation as would be expected for a nit outbreak.....just an analogy alluding to the current mitigation measures in known hotspots seeminly being inadequate to detect in a timely manner dangerous carriers and the smitten lurking within their urban dwellings within those suburbs 

They have to get more draconian in those hotspot suburbs - many that are a little ill are the ones that will avoid testing so need a finer net,   and also in order to detect the asymptomatic potential spreaders , that being a more urgent factor now that the people are more susceptible

As evidenced northwards the virus really takes hold mid/late winter time - now is not the time to approach mitigation relatively casually

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I do agree with you. 

Spoiler

For once lol