‘I hope I can find my love… toilet paper’: Adelaide comedian makes bizarre video about covid panic buying as he cuddles a bag of Quilton – but has a serious message for ‘selfish’ shoppers after finding shelves bare

An Adelaide comedian has filmed his dramatic attempt to find toilet paper after panic buyers stripped supermarket shelves bare. 

Shoppers in South Australia rushed to stock up on the essential product this week after an explosion of coronavirus cases, having gone three months with no new infections.

Youtuber Dinky-di Nepalese created a video in response to the chaos where he goes in search of his 'girlfriend' - an elusive packet of toilet roll. 

'I'm going to every nearby store to see if I can find my love, my life, toilet paper,' he says in the clip, as he goes from shop to shop on the hunt for the household staple.

Youtuber Dinky-di Nepalese created a video in response to the chaos where he goes in search of his 'girlfriend' - a packet of toilet roll (pictured, with his 36-pack of Quilton)

His first stop is Coles, but on arrival he discovers the shelves are empty, with only a handful of packets of paper towels left on the shelf.

'I did not find my girlfriends here, instead I found my ex...paper towels,' he says. 

He then decides to try another supermarket but again, leaves empty handed.

'You can see pain in me,' he explains.

His final stop is a BP service station where he finds a stack of Sorbent rolls hidden behind the ice cream freezer. 

He can be seen hugging packs of Sorbent inside the shop but later reveals he did not buy a packet.

'I found my girlfriend but she cheated on me. So I left her there. I have no money, no petrol and no love,' he said.

In the final clip he returns home to find a packet of Quilton toilet paper waiting on his couch. 

Shoppers in South Australia rushed to stock up on the essential product this week after an explosion of coronavirus cases (pictured, the comic in an Adelaide supermarket)

'I'm going to every nearby store to see if I can find my love, my life, toilet paper,' he says in the clip (pictured, returning home to find a 36-pack of Quilton)

He issued a message to those who have been stocking up on the product, urging them to reconsider their actions. 

'Panic buying is not an option it's a choice, and we people are making hard for everyone buying a lot of things which is more that sufficient for anybody,' he said.

'So, please shop the amount which is enough for you not more than that.'

Unions have also called for shoppers to remain calm after early reports of customers hoarding stock in response to the coronavirus outbreak. 

Of South Australia's 18 new cases, 17 are linked to a single family, leading to a raft of new Covid-19 restrictions being implemented across the state from 11.59pm on Monday.

Pubs, clubs and restaurants will be limited to 100 people per venue, with one person per four square metres and no stand-up drinking.

Shoppers have begun panic buying in South Australia after new COVID outbreak. Pictured: bare toilet paper shelves in West Lakes in Adelaide on Monday

Essential items including toilet paper were stripped bare in Golden Grove and Glenelg, with Kilburn Costco selling 15 pallets of toilet paper on Monday morning

Table bookings and home gatherings will be capped at ten people, with funerals limited to 50 and weddings to 150.

Gyms and recreation centres will be closed for two weeks and community sport fixtures will be cancelled - but schools will stay open.

Hair and nail salon workers and tattooists must wear masks and general mask wearing is strongly advised where social distancing is not possible. 

International flights into Adelaide have been suspended, while Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory have imposed quarantine for people arriving from South Australia.

Victoria has introduced extra screening. 

Seventeen of the 18 cases recorded in the past 48 hours are members of the same family from Parafield in north Adelaide.

Unions said shoppers should remain calm and reiterated there was no shortage of supplies in the state

There are now 34 active cases in South Australia. 

SA Health authorities believe the outbreak started when a worker at Peppers Hotel quarantine in Adelaide's CBD brought the virus home.

A woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s, as well as an 80-year-old woman - one of their mothers - were among the first to test positive.

The 80-year-old woman went to Adelaide's Lyell McEwin Hospital for testing.

Contact tracing is underway for about 90 staff and patients at the hospital who may have come into contact with her.

A primary school child, a year eight student, a Hungry Jack's worker and two aged care workers have also tested positive. 

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier revealed the spike in cases on Monday.

'It looks like we're in the beginning or early part of what could be a second wave but we have time to get on top of it,' she said. 

People wear face masks and practice social distancing at the COVID-19 testing site at Parafield Airport on Monday

Drivers queue up at the COVID-19 testing facility at Victoria Park outside Adelaide CBD on Monday

ADELAIDE'S COVID-19 OUTBREAK - WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR 

By Lauren Ferri, for Daily Mail Australia 

A worker at the Peppers Hotel in the Adelaide CBD is believed to have caught the virus from an international traveller and then infected her large family. 

The couple - a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s then gave it to an 80-year-old woman, who is one of their mothers.

Elderly woman visited the Parafield Plaza Asian supermarket between 10:30am and 11:30am on Thursday without knowing she was infectious.

Growth in the Parafield outbreak led to the family cluster in South Australia rising to 17 cases on Monday and 18 cases on Tuesday.

SA Health authorities believe the outbreak started when a worker at Peppers Hotel's quarantine facility in Adelaide's CBD brought the virus home. The CBD hotel is pictured

Western Australia has since forced all arrivals from SA since Saturday to self-quarantine for 14 days.

More than 90 people already forced into quarantine as dozens of locations put on high alert:

Anyone who was in the emergency department at Lyell McEwin Hospital between 5pm Friday 13 November and 4am on Saturday 14 November told to self-isolate immediately.

Prisoners are being tested at Yatala Labour Prison after an employee who was a close contact of the family contact contracted COVID-19.

Anyone who visited Parafield Plaza Supermarket between 10.30am and 11.30am on Thursday November 12 told to watch for symptoms.

Mawson Lakes Primary School has been closed for 24 hours after a close contact of a student tested positive to the virus. 

Thomas More College in north Adelaide has closed for at least 24 hours after a student at the school tested positive - and Hungry Jack's in Port Adelaide has also been closed for a deep clean.