IF
IF YOU
IF YOU WANTED ANY OF THOSE THINGS WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO
FIND THEM?
FIND THEM? BRIT MOORER JOINS US IN
BELLEVUE.
BELLEVUE.
BELLEVUE. >> Reporter: IT IS BECOMING
REALLY DIFFICULT TO FIND THESE
DISINFECTING WIPES AND HAND
SANITIZER.
SANITIZER. I FAMILIES IN THE BOTTOM OF MY
PURSE.
PURSE.
PURSE. IT
PURSE. IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO FIND
THESE INSIDE OF STORES.
HEALTH OFFICIALS WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT PANIC
BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU ARE PREPARED JUST IN
CASE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A
VULNERABLE CASE THAT MAY BE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO GETTING SICK.
WE START TO THIS BARTEL'S
DRUGSTORE WERE THERE WERE
EMPTY SHELVES INSTEAD OF
MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES. PEOPLE SEEM TO BE PURCHASING
LATEX GLOVES, HYDROGEN
PEROXIDE, AND DISINFECTING
ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOL. MEANWHILE SOME SHOPPERS AT A
COSTCO IN SEATTLE WERE
STOCKING UP ON WATER, CLEANING
SUPPLIES AND HAND SANITIZER.
WE HAVE CELL PHONE VIDEO OF
EMPLOYEES RESTOCKING A PALLET
OF TISSUES JUST BECAUSE SO
MANY PEOPLE WERE BUYING
KLEENEX.
KLEENEX.
KLEENEX. WE SPOKE TO A SHOPPER THAT HAD
A GOOD TO THREE STORES JUST TO
FIND WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU SEE?
JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS LIKE WHEN THERE'S GOING
TO BE A BIG SNOWFALL AND
EVERYBODY SWIMS THE PLACE.
LIKE TOILET PAPER, THE NEXT
SOAP, STUFF WAS EMPTY.
>> Reporter: IN COSTCO THEY
ARE HANDING OUT HAND WIPES AS
YOU ENTER THE STORE THERE.
HERE IN BELLEVUE THE BARTEL'S
HERE IS RUNNING LOW ON MEDICAL
SUPPLIES.
SUPPLIES.
SUPPLIES. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING
LATEX GLOVES.
LATEX GLOVES. WE DO THAT HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
THE AVERAGE PERSON HERE IN THE
U.S. MAY NOT NECESSARILY NEED
THIS BUT DEFINITELY