Coronavirus pandemic has forced the world to shut down schools, airports and non-essential businesses around the world. And amidst the shutdown, many products are missing from stores. It reveals how the world is coping with coronavirus lockdown. For example, the demand for toilet paper in the United States, in Mexico it's beer and in France, predictably, flour.
List of products high demand in various countries, due to COVID-19 pandemic:
Salted sunflower seeds and broad beans, items which are in high demand in Iraq as a result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Baghdad.
Ground coffee has been in high demand in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, as a result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.
Cloves of garlic are in high demand in Tunisia due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In Tunisia, people have been hunting down garlic - despite World Health Organization warnings that home remedies do nothing against the novel coronavirus.
Rice has been in high demand in the Gulf Emirate of Dubai, as a result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Dubai.
A4 size paper, an item that has been in short supply in Libya due to coronavirus lockdown, in Tripoli.
Sugar is in high demand in Sri Lanka due to coronavirus. The do-it-yourself distilling in Sri Lanka after the country announced a total ban on alcohol has caused a run on sugar - a key ingredient in producing the local moonshine known as kasippu.
Rolls of toilet paper, various types of face masks, a can of disinfectant spray, a container of disinfecting wipes, cans of beer, different types of canned chilli, beans and tuna, a carton of eggs and a tray of chicken - items that are in high demand in Mexico as a result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, in Mexico City.
Cans of beer are in high demand in Mexico. When Mexico went into lockdown, the two national beer giants Heineken and Grupo Modelo - which makes the country's beloved and now unfortunately-named Corona brand – announced they would stop producing. That prompted a wave of panic purchases and a defiant Twitter campaign: #ConLaCervezaNo, or "Don't mess with the beer."