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Coronavirus panic-buying leads to empty shelves in Nairobi

Tuskys Supermarket on Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Panic shopping set in across Nairobi Friday afternoon after Kenya announced its first case of Covid-19, commonly referred to as coronavirus.

Posts and pictures of people panic-buying toiletries and foodstuffs proliferated on social media.

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