Coles and Woolworths have again imposed buying limits on tissues due to a surge in Covid and the flu in the country.
The rise in Covid and the deadly flu cases have caused major supply issues; forcing supermarket giants to reintroduce buying limits on facial tissues.
Due to the limited stock availability, Coles has limited to two packs of facial tissues per person, while Woolworths has also reduced the purchasing limit to two packs nationwide.
The country is now battling with the worst flu season, while the Covid cases are kept on surging again.
The rapid spread of respiratory viruses, including the flu, RSV, para-influenza, adenovirus, and HMPV have put the country on the backfoot; fearing that the viruses and surge in covid cases could weaken Australia’s economy.
The supermarket giants have confirmed shoppers’ limits on tissues nationwide due to the inadequate supply of the product.
“We’re working hard with our suppliers to improve availability as quickly as possible,” a Coles spokesperson told Skynews.com.au on Friday.
“Given the recent cold snap and early start to the flu season, there’s been an increased demand for a range of medicinal and paper goods products including cold and flu tablets, throat lozenges, and tissues,” a Woolworths spokesperson told news.com.au.
“Supply of tissue has been particularly impacted, so to help ensure more customers have fair access, we have implemented a two-pack per customer limit on all tissue products across Australia.
“For other medicinal products, customers might notice that the availability of some of their preferred brands might be limited, we continue to offer a wide range of alternatives across these ranges. We encourage everyone to continue shopping as they normally would and only buy what they need.”
The reduction in Covid cases didn’t last long, as the virus again spread like wildfire in the country. Almost 13,343 cases were reported on Thursday in NSW.
Masks and other Covid precautionary could again be imposed in the country to tackle the new wave.
