Around 10,000 Hong Kongers waited to purchase face masks in Kowloon amid the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday (February 5), according to a local journalist.
Filmer and local journalist Marc R.
'10,000 Hong Kongers' queue to purchase face masks after waiting all night
Around 10,000 Hong Kongers waited to purchase face masks in Kowloon amid the coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday (February 5), according to a local journalist.
Filmer and local journalist Marc R.
Fernandes told Newsflare: "After waiting in a very long queue, Hong Kong residents purchase face masks put on sale by the company Well Luck International Holdings in Kowloon Bay.
"Each person was entitled to buy two boxes each.
Around 10,000 people were estimated to be waiting in line with a queue going around several blocks of the industrial area of Kowloon.
"The Coronavirus [virus] has caused an acute demand and huge supply shortages for face masks in Hong Kong.
As supplies from China are being held back by the mainland, this Hong Kong company had to source these face masks from Dubai." Hong Kong became the second place outside mainland China to report a fatality from the coronavirus outbreak.
Officials said the 39-year-old man, who had a preexisting condition, had traveled to Wuhan last month and was hospitalised on Friday.