People put condoms on fingers, hoping to protect against coronavirus. All because of a post in social networks

Australians sweep the condoms from the shelves of pharmacies and supermarkets after in social networks there were photos where people put their fingers to protect against coronavirus while pressing Elevator buttons, reports the Daily Mail.

A resident of Sydney, named Thanh tai, puzzled shared photos of empty store shelves after people have bought all the Durex condoms. Other users explained the Thane that some people use condoms to protect their fingers from the coronavirus after a viral post in social networks.

«There was some stupid post stating that people need to wear condoms to press the button.» — said one of them photo Thane.

what Singaporeans are using condoms for because of the coronavirus. 🤣😭 #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/CzfMU4iNBV

— Melanie Ngai 🇨🇳🇨🇦🇭🇰 🤜👊🤛 (@melngai416) February 7, 2020

A lot of Australians in a panic, stocking up on food for fear of food shortages because of distribution COVID-19. People swept off the shelves of food and other necessities, filling to the brim carts of major supermarkets, which, in turn, were forced to impose restrictions on the purchase of toilet paper four rolls.

According to Professor Ian McKay, a specialist in infectious diseases from the University of Queensland, during the outbreak of coronavirus, people need to have reserves of food, which would be enough for up to two weeks. However, the Professor warns that there is no need to panic and buy is correctly — need to stock up on non-perishable foods such as dried fruits, cereals, canned goods and pasta, as well as necessary medications.

Today there were more than 94,000 cases of coronavirus at the time as a deadly infection has killed more than 3,000 people.

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