Amid Covid-19 lockdown fears, people panic-buy in Beijing, China

2022 Apr Mon 20:01
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Amid fears of a lockdown linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, people have begun panic-buying in Beijing, China.
Customers wearing face masks, shop at the vegetables section of a supermarket following the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Customers wearing face masks, shop at the vegetables section of a supermarket following the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
People wearing protective masks buy vegetables from stalls that displayed outside a shop, following the Covid-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China April 25, 2022 Photo: Reuters
A staff member takes notes of goods at a half empty freezer for fruits, following the Covid-19 outbreak, at a supermarket in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Residents line up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for the Covid-19 following the outbreak, in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
A medical worker in protective suit takes swab samples from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site, during a mass testing for the Covid-19 following the outbreak, in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Residents line up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for the Covid-19 following the outbreak, in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Residents line up at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site during a mass testing for the Covid-19 following the outbreak, in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
A medical worker in protective suit takes swab samples from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site, during a mass testing for the Covid-19 following the outbreak, in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
A man wearing a face mask walks next to medical workers wearing protective suits as he lines up to take nucleic acid test at a makeshift testing site following the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
People wearing face masks walk next to medical workers wearing protective suits as they line up to take nucleic acid tests at a makeshift testing site following the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
A medical worker wearing protective suit takes swab sample of a man at a makeshift testing site following the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
A medical worker wearing protective suit takes swab sample of a woman at a makeshift testing site following the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Residents wearing face masks line up to get food supplies from a grocery store following the Covid-19 outbreak in Chaoyang district of Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
A woman takes nucleic acid test at a makeshift testing site following the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
A man takes nucleic acid test at a mobile testing site following the Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, China, April 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters