Panic Buying Slows as CCP Virus Cases Lower in Australia

Panic Buying Slows as CCP Virus Cases Lower in Australia
Shoppers at Woolworths supermarket in Sydney on March 17, 2020. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
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Australians are not stockpiling as much as they were 10 weeks ago marking a change of behaviour among shoppers. This comes as new cases of the COVID-19 disease are declining, which health authorities attribute to good social-distancing practices.

An Essential Vision survey published on April 7, showed that about four-in-five of those surveyed are now sticking by the health advice to stay at home unless strictly necessary and to keep 1.5 metres (4 feet) from others.