Although the nearest confirmed cases of the Coronavirus currently are still hundreds of miles from West Texas, people in this area apparently are already concerned and taking precautions.
That’s evident by a recent change in shopping habits.
Both supermarkets in Lamesa have sold out of liquid hand sanitizer and aren’t expecting to get any new supplies in soon.
“We’re out of the hand sanitizer and our warehouse is too,” Claiborne’s Supermarket manager Augie Cazares said Friday.
“They’ve wiped us out.”
A similar situation was reported at the United Supermarkets store in Lamesa.
“We don’t have any hand sanitizer, and our warehouse is two weeks behind,” a ...