Germany’s Chancellor visited the Hit Ullrich shop yesterday for an afternoon shopping trip amid the coronavirus chaos going around the world. She was said to head straight to the vegetable aisle, and then on to the delicatessen.
Ms Merkel was pictured filling her shopping cart with a variety of goods. These included toilet paper and some shower gel. She also purchased several bottles of Ricossa wine.
The Chancellor then loaded her items onto the conveyor belt and paid with a credit card.
The pictures spread rapidly on social media, with many praising the Chancellor for avoiding panic buying, which has been rife across many countries.
The German Government has planned to roll out an economic rescue package of 822 billion euros to assist in the fight against coronavirus. This would be the biggest economic assistance in Europe’s post-war history.
For the uninitiated, in Germany, 22,364 infections were confirmed by Johns Hopkins University on Sunday morning. However, only 84 people are reported to have died in the country. Germany currently has the lowest mortality rate of the top 10 countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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