Hong Kong: People flock to buy face masks as territory confirms first cases of coronavirus

M/S People wearing masks while shopping on street, Hong Kong
C/U Poster reading "Say No to Coronavirus."
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SOT, Mr. Ng, Drug shop owner (Cantonese): "Since yesterday, we have sold around 800 packs of mask as the coronavirus broke out."
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SOT, Mr. Ng, Drug shop owner (Cantonese): "We did not sell that many masks comparing to other drug shops, I heard some of them sold over 1,000 packs a day."
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SOT, Mr. Ng, Drug shop owner (Cantonese): "I'm not afraid [of the coronavirus] as long as we keep our hygiene good."
M/S Ng picking up pack of masks *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Mr. Ng, Drug shop owner (Cantonese): "It's hard to control [the coronavirus] as we can't ban all the people from the disease districts, say, if Hong Kong is a disease district, we can't ban the other people from coming in, the most important thing is to keep checking whether people have fever with effective devices."
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People flocked to buy face masks on Wednesday as Hong Kong confirmed the first cases of the deadly coronavirus.
"Since yesterday, we have sold around 800 packs of masks as the coronavirus broke out," said drug store owner Ng, adding that some of his competitors had sold over 1,000 in one day.
The Chinese city of Wuhan, believed to be the source of the virus outbreak, has been put on lockdown. The travel restrictions have now extended to four more cities, affecting nearly 20 million people in China.
"It's hard to control [the coronavirus] as we can't ban all the people from the infected districts… the most important thing is to keep checking whether people have a fever with effective devices," added Mr. Ng.
There are 570 confirmed cases of the newly emerging coronavirus which killed at least 17 people in China, with cases spreading over the country and as well as to South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and recently the US.