Coronavirus stockpiling: Supermarket shelves empty amid panic buying

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Keep calm and carry on: An infectious disease specialist is warning the world not to mass panic and stockpile.

Doctor Abdu Sharkawy of the University of Toronto’s Division of Infectious Disease wrote on Facebook that he was not scared of the virus, but was scared of the implications of mass panic.

Australians are facing a national toilet paper shortage brought about by the coronavirus crisis.

One of the first countries to take a hard line in tackling the epidemic, Australia imposed border controls a month ago on visitors from the epicentre of the outbreak in China.

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