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Datuk Zahari Sarip said the state's monthly consumption of rice amounted to 21,000 metric tons, while the supply is 23,000 metric tonnes.

S. Veerapan said consumers should buy according to their needs as panic buying would cause disruption to the local supply chain.

Salt shelves were emptied in supermarkets and sold out in online sales platforms in some places, including Beijing and Shanghai.

Annuar said that if consumers did not get clear information regarding the matter, it could cause problems, including panic-buying.

Annuar said such panic buying caused a shortage of cooking oil in such packing in the market.

Khairy said there is high demand for certain medications following the spread of the Omicron variant and the rising cases of the HFMD.

Dr Noor Azmi said MOH would take stern action on any quarters who tried to take advantage by manipulating the prices of medicines.

There is a sufficient supply of fish in the country, and the recent surge in demand is caused by panic buying following reports of a food crisis, the Fisheries Department said.

There is ample supply of self-test kits in the market and the public should not refrain from panic buying and hoarding the COVID-19 self-test kits, said the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) today .

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