- Title: Turks flock to buy lemon cologne after one coronavirus case
- Date: 12th March 2020
- Summary: ANKARA, TURKEY (MARCH 12, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUING OUTSIDE COLOGNE STORE VARIOUS OF MAN IN QUEUE WAITING WITH EMPTY BOTTLE PEOPLE ENTERING STORE VARIOUS OF MANAGER OF EYUP SABRI TUNCER COLOGNE STORE MURAT ODAKLI FILLING LEMON COLOGNE IN BOTTLES (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) MANAGER OF EYUP SABRI TUNCER COLOGNE STORE, MURAT ODAKLI, SAYING: "Especially after the health minister's statement, we have been experiencing excessive demand. It has never happened like this before. I think, this is because of panic buying, people are buying more than they can use as they think cologne will run out." ODAKLI FILLING PLASTIC BOTTLE / BOTTLE BEING PUT ON WEIGHING SCALE AND BEING GIVEN TO CUSTOMER VARIOUS OF COLOURFUL COLOGNES IN BOTTLES ON SHELVES (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) CUSTOMER, VEYSEL KURDOGLU, SAYING: "We have joined this queue, yesterday there weren't this many people, today it's very crowded. We bought (the cologne) and we are leaving now. Whatever is meant to happen will happen." ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MARCH 12, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WAITER SERVING LEMON COLOGNE TO CUSTOMERS AFTER LUNCH VARIOUS OF CUSTOMERS MERT TUNC AND PELINSU ATANAN RUBBING COLOGNE OVER THEIR HANDS (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) CUSTOMER AND STUDENT, MERT TUNC, SAYING: "I use cologne, I do. I went to buy it after news of the (corona) virus and I had a hard time finding it. I started using cologne more frequently after yesterday's news. I was using it after meals and so on but since yesterday I have been using cologne every hour." ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MARCH 11, 2020) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF DOLMABAHCE PALACE PEOPLE ENTERING AND LEAVING PALACE VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE GATE / PEOPLE WALKING OUT AMERICAN TOURISTS FROM SEATTLE, DAN AND MARY MONKEMEIER ENTERING PALACE VARIOUS OF MONKEMEIERS VISITING PALACE (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN TOURIST FROM SEATTLE, DAN MOKEMEIER, SAYING: "Well, you know, look at the statistics. How many people are going to get it and if you do get it, how many will have any serious complication for it? We tend to be fairly healthy, so, you know, we are not too concerned about it." (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN TOURIST FROM SEATTLE, MARY MOKEMEIER, SAYING: "I think if either one of us was real sick, maybe we would worry about respiratory problems but we're fine." WORKERS IN HAZMAT SUITS ENTERING PALACE AND SPRAYING DISINFECTANT VARIOUS OF WORKERS DISINFECTING PALACE
- Embargoed: 26th March 2020 15:08
- Keywords: Turkey cologne coronavirus lemon
- Location: ISTANBUL AND ANKARA, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL AND ANKARA, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Health/Medicine,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001C4QZSCN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of Turks are flocking to buy lemon cologne, a traditional ethanol-based scented disinfectant, to ward off coronavirus after Turkey confirmed its first case this week.
People formed long queues in front of stores selling cologne on Thursday (March 12), with some buyers bringing their own plastic bottles to be filled.
A store manager at cologne producer Eyup Sabri Tuncer said demand had grown since the case was confirmed early on Wednesday.
Traditionally, hosts offer lemon cologne to guests followed by candies or chocolate in Turkey.
Several conferences and public events have been cancelled or delayed in Turkey in an effort to contain the spread of the virus. Disinfectant teams are also cleaning public transport vehicles, planes, schools and museums such as Dolmabahce Palace which was the residence of the last Ottoman Sultans.
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