Brazil: change in hygiene Google searches during COVID-19 outbreak

In Brazil, Google searches for "alcohol" (in the context of alcohol-based sanitizer) increased by 369 percent on March 16th, 2020, compared to the average registered from March 11th to 13th in the same year. Web searches for N95 masks increased by 96 percent, while searches for "coffee filter" (in the context of using coffee filters as face masks) increased some 140 percent. The change was accredited to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the COVID-19.