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German citizens have increased their purchases of toilet paper, pulp and disinfectants, as coronavirus cases hit record highs in the country and ahead of the application of new measures to close businesses on November 2, EFE reports on Thursday. Germany is in partial quarantine by the end of the month to slow the spread of COVID-19.
According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), between 19 and 24 October citizens bought more than double (139%) rolls of toilet paper compared to the period before the crisis, between August 2019 and January 2020.
Demand for disinfectants has also increased steadily in recent weeks, more than double (104%) from the pre-crisis average of 26 and 31 October.
Purchases of flour (101%) and yeast (74%) also increased, while canned vegetables decreased by an average of 0.1%.
Even so, the level of purchases in the spring was not reached when, during the first partial block, sales of disinfectants increased, for example, eight times compared to the pre-crisis period.
Germany (around 80 million people) reported 19,990 cases of new SARS-CoV-2 contamination in the past 24 hours on Thursday, a new record for daily infections, according to data released by the Robert Koch Institute for Disease Control. infectious diseases (RKI).
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