Coronavirus Hong Kong: ParknShop, Watsons impose restrictions on certain purchases amid panic buying frenzy

ParknShop supermarkets and Watsons pharmacies are imposing restrictions on the purchase of certain products in the wake of a rash of panic buying sparked by fears of a lockdown when Hong Kong launches its universal coronavirus testing drive later this month.From Friday onwards, at ParknShop supermarkets, a number of products are subject to restrictions – rice, canned food, noodles, boxed eggs, toilet tissue and medicine – with customers only allowed to purchase five units of each in a single…

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