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IN OUR STATE, HEALTH
OFFICIALS CONFIRM TWO CASES OF
THE CORONAVIRUS.
A MAN IN WAKE COUNTY TRAVEL TO
WASHINGTON STATE AND WAS
EXPOSED TO THE SPREAD HE'S
ISOLATED IN HIS HOME.
AND ANOTHER CASE WAS CONFIRMED
IN CHATHAM COUNTY.
A MAN TRAVELED TO ARATHI AND IS
ALSO AN INSTALLATION HOME.
UNTIL 19 PEOPLE HAVE TESTED
POSSIBLE.
WE ARE LIVE AFTER FINDING
OUT WHAT STORES ARE IMPACTED BY
SHORTAGES.
Reporter: THIS IS A HOT
COMMODITY RIGHT NOW IN OUR AIR.
I TALKED TO BUSINESS OWNER
ABOUT HOW THE DEMAND FOR HAND
SANITIZER HAS AFFECTED BUSINESS
AND THEY ALSO TRY TO FIND
CLASSES THAT ARE STILL SELLING
IT.
THESE ARE BRAND-NEW THAT
JUST CAME IN.
Reporter: EVELYN SHOWS US
WHAT'S BECOME THE MOST POPULAR
ITEMS IN HER STORE.
FACE MAKES, HAND SANITIZER AND
SANITIZING WIPES
THERE DESPERATE OLIVER TO
GET THEIR HANDS ON IT WHETHER
THEY ARE COPD VICTIMS OR THEY
JUST GOT OUT OF CHEMOTHERAPY.
THIS IS THE LOT OF REALLY SICK
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE
SCARED.
SCARED AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS
CAUSING PEOPLE TO READ STORES
ACROSS THE TRIANGLE.
IT IS A REAL.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT PANIC LIKE
IT AND I PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN
REALIZE IT WAS A PANIC OTHERWISE
I WOULD'VE STOPPED IT MORE.
CHOOSE ENTER LAST TWO BOTTLES
OF BY MONDAY MORNING.
SHE SAID PRICES TRIPLED SINCE
THE OUTBREAK STARTED.
I'VE DONE A TON OF STORMS
AND SEEN IT ALL AND ALL THE
WHOLESALE PRICES REMAIN THE
SAME.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT
FROM THAT AND IMC SOME SORT OF
INFLATION.
HUGE AMOUNT PERIODS THEY MAKE A
NORTH CAROLINA STATE OF
EMERGENCY MUST BE DECLARED TO
STOP PRICE GOUGING.
SEVERAL STORES OVER THE WEEKEND
WERE SOLD OUT OF HAND SANITIZER
SPIT I WENT TO PFISTER'S ON
MONDAY AND FOUND EMPTY SHELVES
AS WELL PRE-TARGET, HARRIS
TEETER WALGREENS FOOD LINE AT
WALMART.
THEY HAD SANITIZING WIPES BUT
MANY WERE RUNNING LOW.
SOME ARE ALSO MANY ITEMS PER
PERSON PER
HAVE A LYSOL WIPES IN THE
CLOROX WIPES PERIODS BE MEDICAL
BROOKS DAVIS EXPECT TO GET MORE
SANITIZER IN BEFORE THE END OF
THE MONTH.
IN SECOND STOP ANYTIME SOON.
IF NOTHING ELSE WE LEARN BETTER
HYGIENE.
HEALTH EXPERTS WHO SHUT OFF