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With the intensification of the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, the phenomenon of panic shopping has reappeared in Germany, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) wrote on Monday.
According to the German newspaper, after the first spring wave, the turnover of some hygiene products and durable food grows dramatically, but not yet at a national level, but in some areas, especially in North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden- Württemberg, which are among the worst affected provinces.
At the same time Julia Kloeckner According to the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Food, it is not necessary to accumulate more stocks than usual. Supply chains are working, the food supply is not in danger, the minister told FAZ, emphasizing that panic buying is not only ignorance, but also contrary to social solidarity.
In addition to the emergence of panic buying, there are other signs that the behavior of the German population is changing as a result of a wave of contagion that is stronger than the first and is spreading across the country rather than epidemics. This is demonstrated, among other things, by the Deutsche Bahn (DB) railway report, which shows that the number of tickets sold for long-haul flights has fallen dramatically in the last two weeks, and data from mobile networks indicates a decrease. of population mobility since the beginning of October. people move from their homes less often and for shorter periods of time and travel fewer distances.
A new type of coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) is spreading faster and faster in Germany. According to data on Monday from the Robert Koch National Institute of Public Health (RKI), there have been 4,325 infections in the last 24 hours, almost double the 2,467 the previous week.
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