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According to the John Hopkins University, which has been tracking reports, there have been 105,939 confirmed cases across 95 countries, with 3,559 deaths, and more than 58,300 recoveries.
Police in New South Wales have charged two women over an altercation at a supermarket at Chullora in Sydney yesterday. The women allegedly fought over some of the supermarket’s dwindling supplies of toilet paper.
Toilet paper has been selling out across Australia in a wave of panic buying over coronavirus. Stocks of dried pasta, hand soap, and over-the-counter painkillers are also rapidly selling out.
Just after 7am (Saturday 7 March 2020), police were called to a Chullora supermarket following reports of an altercation in an aisle over toilet paper.
Staff intervened, separating the women and police were notified.
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