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Hong Kong shops ration food and drugs to curb panic buying amid Covid lockdown fears
Government is planning to test entire population for virus but insists it will not impose ‘complete lockdown’
Two of Hong Kong’s largest consumer retail chains have started rationing some food and drug items to curb panic buying that has plagued the city over the past week amid fears of a citywide lockdown as Covid-19 cases soar.
Supermarket chain ParknShop on Friday announced limits of five items per customer on staples such as rice, canned food and toilet paper while pharmacy Watsons put the same limits on medication for pain, fever and colds, Hong Kong media reported.
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