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A sign advising clients in various languages, including Chinese, that respiratory masks are sold out, is displayed at a pharmacy in Rome. Fear of the virus from China is straining supplies and helping make mask-wearing the new normal.
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A store is sold out of face masks in the Chinatown district of downtown Toronto, Ontario.
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A woman reads a sign advising clients in various languages that respiratory masks are sold out at a pharmacy in downtown Rome.
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A sign announces that masks are sold out at a pharmacy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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A sign advising clients in various languages that respiratory masks are sold out at a pharmacy in Rome.
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A pharmacy display on the door a sign reading 'facemask not available' in Colombo.
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A customer enter s a pharmacy where a sign advising clients in various languages that respiratory masks are sold out is displayed in Rome.
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A woman leaves a pharmacy store as a notice is seen on its door that reads 'masks and effervescent tables sold out' in Shanghai, China.
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A staff sits behind the counter with a notice reading 'face masks sold out for today, up to 10 masks limit per purchase from tomorrow 8.30 a.m.' at a pharmacy store, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus in Shanghai, China.
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A sign announces that facial masks and hand sanitiser are sold out at a pharmacy in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
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A pharmacy displays a sign reading 'facemask not available' in Colombo.
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A sign advising clients in various languages, including Chinese, that respiratory masks are sold out, is displayed at a pharmacy in Rome.
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A pharmacy in Rome advertises the sale of face masks. Many pharmacies are reportedly running out of hygienic masks due to the fear of contagion.
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A customer looks at a sign reading 'face masks are sold out' at a pharmacy in Shanghai, China.
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A pharmacist looks at a sign advising clients in various languages that respiratory masks are sold outin Rome.
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An empty shelf in a local pharmacy that used to contain protective masks which are now sold out, as people scramble to protect against the spread of the Coronavirus, in Los Angeles, California.
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People walk past a sign at a drug store saying that it is sold out of face masks, hand sanitizer, and vitamin C in Beijing.
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