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NEWS AT 5:00.

EMPTY SHELVES IN A WAL-MART

IN BUTLER COUNTY OVER THE

WEEKEND.

THERE WAS BARELY ANY BLEACH OR

ANTI-BACTERIAL WIPES IN SIGHT.

PEOPLE ARE STOCKING UP BECAUSE

OF THE CORONAVIRUS.

FEDERAL HEALTH EXPERTS WANT

AMERICAN FAMILIES TO PUT

TOGETHER A CORONAVIRUS KIT AS

THEY EXPECT THE VIRUS TO

CONTINUE SPREADING.

THEY WANT PEOPLE TO STOCK UP

ON THINGS LIKE TOILET PAPER,

MEDICATIONS, DIAPERS, PET

SUPPLIES, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'LL

NEED, BUT WHAT IF YOU CAN'T

FIND THOSE ITEMS AT THE STORE?

JOHN SHUMWAY IS LIVE WITH SOME

SUGGESTIONS.

JOHN.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS

THAT ARE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP

YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HEALTHY AS

THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

IN FRONT OF ME YOU SEE A WIDE

VARIETY OF THINGS THAT HAVE

BEEN MENTIONED IN STORIES LIKE

MASKS, GLOVES, HAND SANITIZER

AND SOAP, BUT OF ALL THIS WHAT

DO YOU REALLY NEED?

SEEING PEOPLE WEARING MASKS HAS

BECOME AN EVERYDAY SIGHT IN

STORIES ABOUT COVID-19, BUT

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE STANDING

ON THEIR EAR TO TELL US ALL --

HEALTHY PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE

WEARING MASKS.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS NO

NEED TO WEAR A FACEMASK AT THIS

TIME.

HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE SICK --

I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO

WEAR A MASK SO YOU DON'T INFECT

OTHER PEOPLE.

ALL THE TALK OF CORONAVIRUS

HAS CUSTOMERS COMING INTO ADIMA

PHARMACY LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.

ANSWERS HOW TO PROTECT

THEMSELVES, HOW DANGEROUS IS

IT, SHOULD THEY BE CONCERNED?

LISA BARROW CAME OVER TO

CHECK OUT HAND SANITIZERS.

I'M NOT GETTING CRAZY, BUT I

JUST FIGURED YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS

AT A SINK.

I'M WASHING MY HANDS LIKE

CRAZY, BUT I'M NOT AVAILABLE TO

A SINK AND I THINK HAVING A

HAND SANITIZER MIGHT HELP.

SO JUST WHAT DO YOU NEED IN

YOUR PREVENTION KIT?

HAND WASHING MATERIALS, SO

SOAP, ALCOHOL-BASED GEL,

TISSUES.

HAND SANITIZER SHOULD

CONTAIN 60 TO 90% ALCOHOL, BUT

IN MANY STORES THE SUPPLIES

HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT.

SO IF YOU CAN'T FIND HAND

SANITIZER --

YOU CAN USE ANYTHING THAT

WOULD SAY ANTI-BACTERIAL,

RUBBING ALCOHOL, CLOROX WIPES,

ANY OF THOSE KIND OF ANTI-

BACTERIAL THINGS.

BUT UNLIKE HAND SANITIZER IF

YOU DO WIND UP USING SOMETHING

LIKE RUBBING ALCOHOL OR CLOROX

WIPES, IT'S GOING TO DRY YOUR

HAND OUT.

ONCE YOU GET IT CLEAN, YOU'LL

PROBABLY WANT SOME HAND CREAM

TO PUT ON AS WELL.

TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE ONE

THING I HEARD ALL DAY TODAY WAS

SOAP.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING YOU NEED

TO KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN.

COMING UP AT 6:00 FIRST

RESPONDERS ARE THE FIRST ONES

WHO GET TO SICK PATIENTS AND

PROTECTING THEM IS A REAL

PRIORITY.