As Victoria is plunged into yet another coronavirus lockdown, supermarket shelves are being stripped bare once again.
There are empty shelves where the toilet paper should be at a Coles in Bentleigh, in Melbourne's east.
The first signs of panic buying, as it became known throughout the pandemic, appeared yesterday across the city with concerned residents buying supplies in anticipation of another lockdown.
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https://twitter.com/IzaStaskowski/status/1397729358928695298These fears were realised today when Victoria recorded a dozen more COVID-19 cases overnight, taking the cluster to 26.
To deal with the outbreak the entire state will enter a "circuit breaker" lockdown for seven days.
Acting Victoria Premier James Merlino implored Victorians to stop panic-buying.
"There is absolutely no reason to panic buy," Mr Merlino said.
"Everything we need, in terms of our goods and services on the supermarket shelves is there.
"There is absolutely no reason to panic buy. Please don't do it."
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There will be five reasons to leave the house during that week. These are: shopping for food and supplies, authorised work, care and caregiving, exercise with one other person for up to two hours, and getting vaccinated.
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