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IN OUR STATE, HEALTH

OFFICIALS CONFIRM TWO CASES OF

THE CORONAVIRUS.

A MAN IN WAKE COUNTY TRAVEL TO

WASHINGTON STATE AND WAS

EXPOSED TO THE SPREAD HE'S

ISOLATED IN HIS HOME.

AND ANOTHER CASE WAS CONFIRMED

IN CHATHAM COUNTY.

A MAN TRAVELED TO ARATHI AND IS

ALSO AN INSTALLATION HOME.

UNTIL 19 PEOPLE HAVE TESTED

POSSIBLE.

WE ARE LIVE AFTER FINDING

OUT WHAT STORES ARE IMPACTED BY

SHORTAGES.

Reporter: THIS IS A HOT

COMMODITY RIGHT NOW IN OUR AIR.

I TALKED TO BUSINESS OWNER

ABOUT HOW THE DEMAND FOR HAND

SANITIZER HAS AFFECTED BUSINESS

AND THEY ALSO TRY TO FIND

CLASSES THAT ARE STILL SELLING

IT.

THESE ARE BRAND-NEW THAT

JUST CAME IN.

Reporter: EVELYN SHOWS US

WHAT'S BECOME THE MOST POPULAR

ITEMS IN HER STORE.

FACE MAKES, HAND SANITIZER AND

SANITIZING WIPES

THERE DESPERATE OLIVER TO

GET THEIR HANDS ON IT WHETHER

THEY ARE COPD VICTIMS OR THEY

JUST GOT OUT OF CHEMOTHERAPY.

THIS IS THE LOT OF REALLY SICK

PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE

SCARED.

SCARED AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS

CAUSING PEOPLE TO READ STORES

ACROSS THE TRIANGLE.

IT IS A REAL.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT PANIC LIKE

IT AND I PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN

REALIZE IT WAS A PANIC OTHERWISE

I WOULD'VE STOPPED IT MORE.

CHOOSE ENTER LAST TWO BOTTLES

OF BY MONDAY MORNING.

SHE SAID PRICES TRIPLED SINCE

THE OUTBREAK STARTED.

I'VE DONE A TON OF STORMS

AND SEEN IT ALL AND ALL THE

WHOLESALE PRICES REMAIN THE

SAME.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT

FROM THAT AND IMC SOME SORT OF

INFLATION.

HUGE AMOUNT PERIODS THEY MAKE A

NORTH CAROLINA STATE OF

EMERGENCY MUST BE DECLARED TO

STOP PRICE GOUGING.

SEVERAL STORES OVER THE WEEKEND

WERE SOLD OUT OF HAND SANITIZER

SPIT I WENT TO PFISTER'S ON

MONDAY AND FOUND EMPTY SHELVES

AS WELL PRE-TARGET, HARRIS

TEETER WALGREENS FOOD LINE AT

WALMART.

THEY HAD SANITIZING WIPES BUT

MANY WERE RUNNING LOW.

SOME ARE ALSO MANY ITEMS PER

PERSON PER

HAVE A LYSOL WIPES IN THE

CLOROX WIPES PERIODS BE MEDICAL

BROOKS DAVIS EXPECT TO GET MORE

SANITIZER IN BEFORE THE END OF

THE MONTH.

IN SECOND STOP ANYTIME SOON.

IF NOTHING ELSE WE LEARN BETTER

HYGIENE.

HEALTH EXPERTS WHO SHUT OFF