KUALA LUMPUR: Major e-commerce platforms in Malaysia have urged the citizens to avoid panic-buying as there is plenty enough supply of face masks ahead of the mandatory use of face masks in public places starting August 1. Both company reported that there has been a spike of face masks demand after the government announced the compulsary wearing of it on …

Panic buying, was the response of public following the first cases of the deadly coronavirus or COVID-19 in Indonesia announced by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on March 2. People have been stockpiling supplies for self-quarantine at home. Local residents are now worried due to as the number of cases continues to increase. Some of them as much as possible trying …

After discovering two more cases of coronavirus disease in the country in 2019 (COVID-19), the public will refrain from panic-buying face masks, Health Secretary Francsico Duque III said Friday. His recall came after he revealed that one of the two recent confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country was an elderly man with no travel history abroad. On the other …

Economist at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF), Bhima Yudhistira considered the government to be late again in dealing with stock availability and price stability of garlic. According to Bhima, the government was less alert in arresting unscrupulous garlic hoarders. Bhima assessed this scarcity occurred since January which means that before the corona virus outbreak spread. The …