Australia in coronavirus panic as expert says 100,000 could die

Coronavirus panic is intensifying across Australia with supermarket shelves being stripped bare as further cases are confirmed and an expert issued a terrifying warning nearly 100,000 locals could die if the crisis deepens. Scroll down for video A new case in Victoria on Wednesday brought the number of infected in Australia to 41 'It's like the world is coming to an end and I'm the only one who doesn't know it,' one shopper wrote alongside a picture of fellow customers lining up at the checkout Shoppers said scenes at supermarkets resembled the 'end of the world' on Tuesday as customers rushed to get their hands on toilet paper and other basic necessities. One Australia mother posted this picture to Facebook, showing people in her local supermarket stockpiling toilet roll A shopper at Coles Broadway, in Sydney's inner city, shared a picture of the empty toilet paper aisle on Tuesday, writing there was also no pasta or Panadol in stock 'The shocks which make up the pandemic cause a sharp drop in consumption and investment. Empty shelves are seen at a Coles supermarket as tissues, toilet rolls and other basic goods are sold out in Sydney on Tuesday evening Pictures shared online showed empty shelves and full trolleys as shoppers packed into the supermarkets in an attempt to get their hands on pasta, tinned food, bottled water, toilet paper and hand sanitiser The prime minister said Treasury was working with other government agencies to come up with a plan to boost the economy. The aisles at Coles in Westfield, Booragoon were also left bare on Tuesday afternoon as shoppers went into panic mode The toilet roll aisle at a supermarket in Chatswood is seen empty on Tuesday night Pictures showed empty shelves and jam packed trolleys as shoppers flocked to supermarkets and cleared the shelves of pasta, tinned food, bottled water, toilet paper and hand sanitiser.