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"Toilet paper flies". The testimony of a replenishment of a Lavapiés supermarket is the summary of how Madrid is facing the first hours of measures taken by the regional government to stop the advance of the coronavirus, which already has more than a thousand infections in the Community of Madrid.

Although yesterday was the day of most consumption in the large surfaces to face what is known as the "purchase of the bunker" , today the establishments once again have long lines and empty shelves. Canned fruits, pasta and hygiene products are the most demanded. It also highlights the presence of more security personnel to control order against possible overcrowding.

Despite the influx of customers, supermarkets continue to function "normally," as another worker from a popular establishment in the central neighborhood expresses. "Of course, the orders for toilet paper do not arrive complete," he says to express that the demand exists and that the stores are noticing. "It's all an alarm," she says relaxed as she replenishes the drugstore section.

A young man in line, Gonzalo, carries a package of several rolls of toilet paper. Although he buys it "only because he has finished at home", he admits that a situation of "alarm" is being generated like the one he lived in Rome a few days ago. There he suffered the shortage of supermarkets and, although he admits calmly, he comments that it is a situation that can be repeated in Spain "in a few weeks".

Groceries resist

On Sombrerería street, very close to the Lavapiés market, Pedro runs the small shop "Tres Mares". It is a grocery that serves the most central streets of the neighborhood. In a few square meters it gathers fruit, canned goods and dried fruits. He says that yesterday was the only day of "much more sale", perhaps generated by alarmism. "We are still stocked," he says. Toilet paper or disinfectant products were not the most purchased yesterday. A client gives her reason about yesterday in the shops: "It was crazy."

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Vicente Coll and Carlos de León are students of the Journalism Master of Editorial Unit

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