Over the weekend, residents in Singapore rushed into supermarkets to clear out shelves of goods, after the country raised its pandemic preparedness alert level for the coronavirus outbreak from yellow to orange. We look the effects of panic buying and how governments manage it.

Produced by: Loo Juosie, Syamin Azhar

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Categories:  Health Policy,  Diseases and Conditions,  Mental Health,  Healthy Living,  Fitness,  Science,  Markets,  Social Issues

Tags:  Evening Edition,  panic buying,  coronavirus,  Singapore,  outbreak management,