FILE PHOTO: People wait in a queue to enter a supermarket in Schulzendorf near Berlin, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Germany, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause
BERLIN (Reuters) - Sales of toilet paper and disinfectants are on the rise again in Germany, the country's statistics office said on Thursday, as Europe's largest economy struggles with a second coronavirus wave.
"Hamster purchases are starting again," the office said on Twitter, using a German phrase for panic-buying or hoarding.
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