Covid-19: People begin stocking up food supplies in Setiawangsa

Unusually longer queues at the paying counter were spotted at a local supermarket in Setiawangsa.

SETIAWANGSA: Food items have begun flying off shelves in local supermarkets as locals begun stocking up food supplies in anticipation of stronger clampdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

A check by StarMetro at a local supermarket on Monday (March 16) revealed items such as canned foods, packs of flours, rice bags and instant noodles were almost out of stock.