By YOURI KEMP
Tribune Business Reporter
ykemp@tribunemedia.net
Pharmacies and food stores yesterday said they remain uncertain as to when full supplies of Lysol or hand sanitiser will be restored to their shelves amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Raymond Albury, the Prescription Centre Pharmacy’s general manager, told Tribune Business: “We don’t seem as if we are getting any because all of the places we buy from, all of the wholesalers, all of the people in the US and even in the UK, are out. So the chances of anybody getting any is very slim right now it seems like.”
Another pharmacist, speaking on condition of anonymity, added: “As soon as our suppliers get some in. I really don’t know because the suppliers dictate when we are going to have some in. I just heard from one of our delivery persons they found some Lysol and I don’t know the quantity, but we hope to get some into our store by the end of the day. It is a supplemental shipment and not our regular shipment.”
“It’s best that you call the wholesalers, not the local stores, because our supplies are dictated by what the wholesalers have in inventory and, as of right now, our wholesalers are out of hand sanitisers and they are out of Lysol and hydrogen peroxide, so I can’t give you any day or any time. It is only them that order from their manufacturers who would know the delivery time and all else. “
Rupert Roberts, Super Value’s principal, told Tribune Business that new product from the supermarket chain’s supplier will arrive on March 23. Hand sanitiser would come by early April from other sources, he said, “but in the meantime we suggest the public use alcohol”.
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Well_mudda_take_sic 4 years, 1 month ago
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Why is it Minnis has yet to issue a national order to food stores, pharmacies and other retailers to do their part to prevent panic bulk buying by disallowing the sales at the check-out counters, with police support if necessary stationed at the food stores and pharmacies to enforce his order? This man needs some serious leadership help because he clearly cannot think ahead and is always in reactive rather than proactive mode. His lack of common sense does little to inspire public confidence in anything he says, and that's quite dangerous at a time like this.
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