A student in the United Kingdom tried to cash in on the shortage of sanitary items amid the novel coronavirus pandemic by selling “squirts” of hand sanitizer. “Very hard to discipline this [behavior] when his dad phones him from work to call him a f*cking legend,” she added. In England, meanwhile, an arcade owner decided to replace teddy bears and toys with hand sanitizers, soap and toilet paper as prizes for claw machines. A 10-year-old boy also saw a business opportunity amid the outbreak and created a stand to sell homemade “CoroNO Gel” hand sanitizers on the streets of Texas in the US. /raADVERTISEMENTRELATED STORIES:Hand sanitizers, toilet paper become arcade game prizes amid shortages due to coronavirus10-year-old sells ‘CoroNO’ hand sanitizer amid COVID-19 outbreakReselling of masks for profit to be punished in Japan amid coronavirus outbreakFor more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 13, 2020 06:45 UTC