Panic buying in China's Xi'an City before Covid lockdown

Authorities have ordered the lockdown of some 13 million residents in China’s Xi’an City in Shaanxi province after outbreaks of Covid-19 cases has been recorded in the northwestern city.

Video shows scores of panicked shoppers forming long queues in supermarkets and grocery stores in the city ahead of the December 23 indefinite lockdown. Only one designated person per household will be allowed to leave the home to buy essential goods every two days, officials said.