Reportedly not just surgical masks but demand for alcohol-based hand sanitisers have skyrocketed since january following recommendations by doctors and medical experts to use it as precautionary measures against the global coronavirus outbreak.
Many reports from different parts of the world show that the rapid spread of the virus across 60 countries has triggered panic buying, resulting in acute shortage as well. While places like the UK saw almost 260 per cent increase in hand sanitiser sales, it was up by around 73 per cent in the US. In fact, all affected countries have reported a surge in sales of hand sanitisers and N-95 masks as both have been recommended by medical experts as a precaution against the virus outbreak.
Moreover commenting on panic buying witnessed in noida after Tuesday’s scare, gautam Buddh nagar Chemists Association President Anoop Khanna said the demand shot up just around 10 am after news reports of suspected cases in the area. Perhaps another person who owns two pharmacies in Sector 27 and 37 in noida said people kept visiting his shops throughout the day, resulting in a shortage of both masks and hand sanitisers.
