Americans stock up on supplies because of COVID-19
Shoppers are sweeping through stores and stocking up on supplies in fear of the coronavirus.
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Empty shelves at Walmart in Spokane Valley are photographed on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Folks are stocking up due to the coronavirus on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
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A shopper unloads items bought at Walmart in Spokane Valley on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Folks are stocking up due to the coronavirus on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
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A produce section of a produce market is picked clean after panicked shoppers swept through stocking up on supplies in fear of the coronavirus at a local grocery store in Burbank, Calif. on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Californians wanting to escape the new reality of the coronavirus at the movies, casino or amusement park are running into the six foot rule. State health officials issued new guidance Saturday urging theaters to keep attendance under 250 people and ask strangers to sit six feet apart.
Richard Vogel Associated Press
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Shoppers wearing masks buy produce before supplies run out at a local grocery store in Burbank, Calif. on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Californians wanting to escape the new reality of the coronavirus at the movies, casino or amusement park are running into the six foot rule. State health officials issued new guidance Saturday urging theaters to keep attendance under 250 people and ask strangers to sit six feet apart.
Richard Vogel Associated Press
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A shopper looks over cleaning supplies as shelves that once supported an abundance of toilet paper and paper towels lay empty at a Chicago area grocery store Saturday, March 14, 2020.
Charles Rex Arbogast Associated Press
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A shopper at a local Costco heads off after placing cases of water into a cart Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Chandler, Ariz. Unlike retail stores in other parts of the U.S. suffering from stock shortages, this Costco was well stocked.
Ross D. Franklin Associated Press
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A notice limiting only 3 packages of toilet paper per customer is displayed on picked bare shelves after shoppers cleaned out the stock of paper and cleaning products at a local grocery store in Burbank, Calif. on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Californians wanting to escape the new reality of the coronavirus at the movies, casino or amusement park are running into the six foot rule. State health officials issued new guidance Saturday urging theaters to keep attendance under 250 people and ask strangers to sit six feet apart.
Richard Vogel Associated Press
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An entire section of meat and poultry is left empty after panicked shoppers swept through in fear of the coronavirus at a local grocery store in Burbank, Calif. on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Californians wanting to escape the new reality of the coronavirus at the movies, casino or amusement park are running into the six foot rule. State health officials issued new guidance Saturday urging theaters to keep attendance under 250 people and ask strangers to sit six feet apart.
Richard Vogel Associated Press
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With long lines and empty shelves at many grocery stores, people shop for fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and other food items at a farmers market in Falls Church, Va., Saturday, March 14, 2020.
J. Scott Applewhite Associated Press
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Delores Wade, 62, of Erie wears a face mask as she pulls her grocery cart March 14, 2020 to her Palace Centre apartment on State Street in Erie, Pa. Wade stocked up on facial tissue, toilet paper and cleaning supplies at the nearby Dollar General store. Wade said she had a variety of health-related problems and was wearing the mask to protect herself from COVID-19, the new coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems.
Jack Hanrahan Associated Press
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A woman shops among empty shelves at a Hy-Vee food store Friday, March 13, 2020, in Overland Park, Kan.
Charlie Riedel Associated Press
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Costco customers wait in the rain to enter the store on Saturday, March 14, 2020, in San Leandro, Calif. Empty store shelves. Empty churches. Shuttered classrooms and courts. Warnings everywhere to wash hands and avoid close contact. Efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus in California are affecting virtually every facet of life in the Golden State in ways big and small — and in some cases, surreal. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness.
Ben Margot Associated Press