Coles and Woolies are introducing toilet paper limits once again, after Victorians keep panic buying toilet paper (among other things), and I want to furiously bang my head against a door.
After Victoria was plunged into a seven-day circuit breaker lockdown due to a growing COVID-19 cluster, many supermarket shelves have been cleaned out. This has prompted both Coles and Woolworths to introduce two pack per person toilet paper limits.
Here goes the ridiculous panic buying again – bayside Melbourne. #COVID19Vic #lockdown #Melbourne 😷 pic.twitter.com/GXzbUso35P
— Sophie Elsworth (@sophieelsworth) May 26, 2021
“We have plenty of stock in our supply chain, and this temporary measure will help us to manage demand so that we can return our stores to a fully-stocked position as quickly as possible,” a Coles spokesperson said.
“All Coles supermarkets, liquor and Coles Express sites will continue to trade during the lockdown in Victoria with enhanced cleaning and safety measures in place.
“We ask that customers stay calm, shop normally, and be respectful to our hardworking team members.
Here we go again…
Panic buying is already ramping up as Victoria is plunged into yet another coronavirus lockdown.
And it’s no surprise what’s selling out first.
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— 9News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) May 27, 2021
On Thursday morning, Victorian Acting Premier James Merlino announced that Victoria would enter a seven-day lockdown from midnight that night. The reason being because of how fast this particular strain is spreading throughout the community.
“In the last day, we’ve seen more evidence that we’re dealing with a highly infectious strain of the virus, a variant of concern, which is running faster than we have ever recorded,”James Merlino said at a press conference on Thursday morning.
“Our public health experts’ primary concern is how fast this variant is moving. We’ve seen overseas how difficult that movement can be to control.
“Here in Victoria, we’re seeing not only how quick it is, but how contagious it is as well.”
On Friday, only four more cases of COVID were recorded with more than 120 listed exposure sites and 47,462 test results being processed in the past day.
