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The global machine keeping hand sanitizer available during Covid-19

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All around the world, hand sanitizer sales have shot up as the Covid-19 pandemic pushes people’s hygiene precautions into overdrive. Global demand for the product has skyrocketed. Stores rushed to ration supplies by limiting how many bottles a customer could buy; vendors hiked prices; a pair of US-based brothers hoarded 17,000 bottles of the stuff; and thieves ripped sanitizer dispensers off hospital walls.

Period21 Jul 2022

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  • TitleThe global machine keeping hand sanitizer available during Covid-19
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletQUARTZ
    Media typeWeb
    PlaceUnited States
    Date21/07/22
    DescriptionAll around the world, hand sanitizer sales have shot up as the Covid-19 pandemic pushes people’s hygiene precautions into overdrive. Global demand for the product has skyrocketed. Stores rushed to ration supplies by limiting how many bottles a customer could buy; vendors hiked prices; a pair of US-based brothers hoarded 17,000 bottles of the stuff; and thieves ripped sanitizer dispensers off hospital walls.
    URLhttps://qz.com/1848614/hand-sanitizer-tells-the-story-of-global-trade-during-covid-19
    PersonsHanwei HUANG
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