Fearing the blockade, Beijing people rushed to buy and hoard food

Many people in Beijing rush to the supermarket, long queue to buy and hoard food.

Outside a supermarket in Beijing, China, the number of customers was too large, so the supermarket had to arrange for customers to queue up to the parking lot. Inside the supermarket, the green vegetable counter was empty, the meat and fish counter didn’t have many rows. The supermarket announced that it would quickly bring in new goods, but customers who were slow would have to find other options.

People go to the supermarket to buy food crowded. (Photo: Deutsche Welle)

People in Beijing have different thoughts at this time.

Mr. He, an office worker in Beijing, said: “I suppose the situation will be under control so that things don’t get more complicated. Older people may worry more, but I think young people will find it normal“.

Ms. Zhang, a resident of Beijing, shared: “We are afraid that logistics will be interrupted and the goods will not reach the supermarket anymore, so we go to buy this first“.

Mr. Liang said: “I’m not very worried. My family told me to go buy it, so I’ll go“.

Many grocery store shelves were empty. (Photo: Reuters)

Fresh food e-commerce companies in Beijing said they had activated an emergency response mechanism to allocate and increase the supply of goods, including meat, poultry, eggs, milk, fresh fruit and vegetables. Vegetables.

Beijing has begun mass testing after cases of infection COVID-19 spike in the city. According to medical experts, Beijing has taken effective and strong measures to prevent the situation from getting worse. And the results of the mass nucleic acid test will be an indicator for the city to decide whether to take additional anti-epidemic measures such as blocking some areas.

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