Celebrities remind public to avoid panic buying amid COVID-19 outbreak
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Heart Evangelista on panic buying amid COVID-19 outbreak: “Magtulungan tayo please . 'Yung sapat Lang sana.”
Local celebrities call out people who hoard goods and health supplies from stores amid the coronavirus 2019 or COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines.
Heart Evangelista and Kristoffer Martin have asked their followers to avoid buying more than necessary of health supplies.
Heart felt saddened by the panic buying that's been happening, she wrote on Twitter, “Nalulungkot ako sa mga naghohoard. Give chance naman to others :( magtulungan tayo please . 'Yung sapat Lang sana.”
Nalulungkot ako sa mga naghohoard😔 give chance naman to others :( magtulungan tayo please . Yung sapat Lang sana .
-- LoveMarie O. Escudero (@heart021485) March 11, 2020
Kristoffer shared how he witnessed people buying multiple bottles of alcohol in the grocery.
He then tweeted, “Maging considerate kayo. Di lang kayo yung tao sa mundo. At kung ibebenta niyo man yon, garapata kayo dito sa mundo.”
Galing akong grocery. So nawitness ko pag panic buying ng mga tao. Nakita ko mga cart minimum ng alcohol sa cart nila 2 boxes. Mga tissue din. Maging considerate kayo. Di lang kayo yung tao sa mundo. At kung ibebenta niyo man yon, garapata kayo dito sa mundo.
-- Kristoffer Martin (@flinsTUNs) March 11, 2020
Christian Bautista gives advice for coronavirus prevention
Kakai Bautista, Bianca Manalo nanawagan sa mga napa-panic buying
Pauline Mendoza, Maricris Garcia, Cheska Litton, and Jervi Li a.k.a. Kaladkaren have also asked people to be more giving of others in order to further prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Wag po OA sa pag hoard ng Alcohol. ☹️
-- Pauline Mendoza (@iammendozapau) March 11, 2020
You can tell a lot about a person in times of crisis. https://t.co/Hk1vjDOd4Y
-- Francesca Litton-Kalaw (@CheckLit) March 11, 2020
Wag naman sana mag hoard yung iba. Para lahat tayo magkaron.
-- Maricris Garcia-Cruz (@krisgarcia_cruz) March 11, 2020
The hashtag #NoToPanicBuying has also reached Twitter Philippines' trending list.
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