On February 28, local time, a Chinese supermarket in Foster City, San Francisco Bay Area placed hot products such as rice and toilet paper at prominent entrances and exits. Recently, the phenomenon of citizens going to supermarkets to buy rice, toilet paper and disinfectant and other necessities has appeared in many places in the United States. Among them, the Asian population is particularly large. On the same day, officials in Santa Clara County of the San Francisco Bay Area announced that the county confirmed the second case of new crown pneumonia in the United States with unknown origin. Dr. Sara Cody, director of the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health, said people should start thinking about preparing their families, for example, "you need to be prepared to stay at home for a week or two." The NBC also previously reported that the US Department of Homeland Security recommends that, under the threat of a pandemic, it is best to store water and food and related medicines and other necessities at home for two weeks. Photo by Liu Guanguan of China News Agency
Release time: 2020-02-29 16:22:36 [Edit: Zhai Lu]