Australia: Cafe offers coffee in exchange of toilet papers amid Coronavirus outbreak

An Australian cafe has travelled back to time when barter system was still a thing, apparently to restock toilet papers after it ran out of its stock amid coronavirus outbreak. According to reports, cafe is offering coffee in exchange for toilet papers after supermarket shelves in country went empty due to panic buying amid virus outbreak. 

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As per reports, Jaques Coffee Plantation, in Mareeba started offering coffee in exchange for essential toiletry item when y found out y were running short of rolls at ir cafe and ir suppliers were also out of stock. Toilet paper crisis has hit many countries across globe, including United States, where people are stocking it amid fears of complete lockdown. 

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Jaques Coffee Plantation took to its Facebook handle to inform that it is offering takeaway coffee for three rolls of toilet paper or a one-kilogram bag of beans for a pack of 36 rolls. cafe wrote, "Help us restock or you will have to byo soon.. all our wholesale suppliers are out w too. This has gotten out of hand accepting until we have eugh again... please share #desperatetimes."

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Recently, in Australia, a national newspaper printed extra sheets of paper to be used as toilet paper in an emergency situation for its reers. 

Coronavirus outbreak

According to reports, Australia has so far recorded 565 coronavirus cases, of which 110 came in last 24 hours. re have been six deaths in country since December last year, while it has successfully treated 43 patients. re are currently 516 active coronavirus cases in Australia, of which one patient remains under critical condition. 

COVID-19 has claimed more than 7,900 lives across world and has infected over 1,98,000 people globally. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.

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(with inputs from ncies)