BUT ACCORDING IT IS SIMPLY UNNECESSARY.

>> I GOT THE HAND SANITIZER, ANSWER, LYSOL.

YOU NAME IT, HONEY.

>> I WASH MY HANDS A LOT.

MARY: IT IS THE SINGLE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO WARD OFF CORONAVIRUS AND THE FLU, 20 SECONDS WITH SOAP AND WATER, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

BUT CONCERNED CONSUMERS ARE CLEARING STORE SHELVES OF EVERYTHING FROM HAND SANITIZER, TO ACETAMINOPHEN.

85% OF THE WORLD’S SUPPLY COMES FROM INDIA AND CHINA.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTRY SHUTDOWN, YOU HAVE TO WONDER.

REPORTER: -- MARY: CHRIS FORTIER IS THE CHIEF PHARMACY OFFICER AT MASS GENERAL.

HE SAYS THERE’S NO NEED TO PANIC OR HOARD DRUGS. IN FACT THE FDA HAS DETERMINED ONLY ONE MEDICATION SO FAR, WHICH IS ISN’T NAMING, THAT IS FACING A SHORTAGE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO

REDUCED PRODCUTION IN CHINA.

CVS TOLD US CLOSELY MONITORING THE GLOBAL MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT WE DO NOT SEE ANY , DISRUPTIONS TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN THAT WILL AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO FILL PRESCRIPTIONS

NOW AND INTO THE NEAR FUTURE.

THAT SAID, HAVING YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED IN A TIMELY MATTER IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA.

>> HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPLY.

A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS.

THE SUPPLY LINE IS FAIRLY STRONG.

MARY: AS FOR THOSE SURGICAL MASKS, THE SURGEON GENERAL SAYS THEY ARE NOT EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING YOU FROM CATCHING CORONAVIRUS, AND BUYING THEM UP, ONLY CREATES A SHORTAGE FOR

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THEM.

MOST OF THE STORE SHELVES WE FOUND EMPTY THIS WEEKEND WERE BEING RESTOCKE