In Hong Kong, refugees struggle to find food on empty supermarket shelves
Hong Kong, ChinaReuters Panic buying in Hong Kong due to fears of a new COVID lockdown has hit the city’s refugees particularly hard because they can only spend their food allowance in supermarkets that regularly run out of supplies, aid workers and refugees say. Hong Kong is on tenterhooks as it awaits a mass COVID […]
UK puts military on standby as panic buying hits fuel supplies
London, UKReuters The British Government says it is putting the military on standby as part of further measures to address a supply chain crisis which has led fuel pumps to run dry amid panic-buying by motorists. The move to mobilise the army comes after a widespread shortage of truck drivers, which has led to serious […]
Panic buying, lockdowns may drive world food inflation – FAO, analysts
SingaporeReuters Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations, a senior economist at FAO and agricultural analysts said. The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy as coronavirus cases ballooned […]
British food banks battle shortages as coronavirus causes panic buying
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Food banks across Britain are struggling to cope with demand from vulnerable people as consumers worried by the coronavirus outbreak empty supermarket shelves, charities said last week. Many said they were already struggling to feed regular users and were preparing for a rise in demand as people without secure jobs were […]