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NEWS Coronavirus: UK 'should be ashamed' after NHS and key workers unable to purchase supplies amid panic-buying, says NHS medical chief
NHS England national medical director Stephen Powis said panic buyers are depriving NHS staff of the supplies they need, adding: "Frankly we should all be ashamed.'' Environment secretary George Eustice issued an appeal to shoppers to stop buying items they do not need, assuring them: “There is...- whoosh
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Anxiety in Japan over radiation in tap water
TOKYO – Some shops across Tokyo began rationing goods — milk, toilet paper, rice and water — as a run on bottled water coupled with delivery disruptions left shelves bare Thursday nearly two weeks after a devastating earthquake and tsunami. The unusual sights of scarcity in one of the...- cybercore
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