Chinese urged to stockpile amid ongoing Covid outbreak
by Helen Davidson in Taipei, and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5RE1C)
Ministry of Commerce website notice posted amid price rises and ongoing Covid outbreak
Chinese families have been encouraged to stockpile daily necessities, prompting panic-buying, amid surging vegetable prices linked to recent extreme weather, fears of supply shortages and an ongoing Covid outbreak.
A notice posted on the website of the Ministry of Commerce late on Monday urged local authorities to stabilise prices and families to store a certain amount of daily necessities as needed to meet daily life and emergencies".
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