- Title: Shoppers empty supermarket shelves in France amid coronavirus outbreak
- Date: 13th March 2020
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 13, 2020) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING IN CARREFOUR SUPERMARKET WITH SHOPPING CARTS SHELVES OF PASTA ALMOST EMPTY PEOPLE WITH SHOPPING CARTS FILLED WITH PROVISIONS CART FILLED WITH PROVISION AISLE WITH SHELVES FILLED WITH WINE PEOPLE QUEUING UP WITH CARTS PEOPLE PUSHING THEIR CARTS OUT OF SUPERMARKET MAN FILLING UP CAR TRUNK WITH PROVISIONS
- Embargoed: 27th March 2020 12:17
- Keywords: France coronavirus outbreak grocery panic buying shoppers supermarket
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001C4VZ2VB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Parisians stocked up on provisions and cleared shelves of dry goods like pasta and bread on Friday (March 13) as France is set to close all schools, nurseries and universities next week to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
At a large Carrefour supermarket in Paris, shoppers were seen filling their trolleys and cars.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called the outbreak the nation's worst public health crisis in a century.
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