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10th Mar 2020

What are British people stockpiling during the coronavirus outbreak?

Oli Dugmore

You can never have too much loo roll

Brits are concerned about the spread of Coronavirus, and have started stockpiling their favourite goods.

Across social media, we’ve seen video clips of people across the world fighting over usually mundane items like toilet roll and hand sanitiser.

Equally frequent have been photographs of supermarket aisles with empty shelves, indication of the panic buying being undertaken by British consumers.

But what – apart from toilet paper and pasta – are Bris stockpiling out of fear over the coronavirus? We took to the streets to find out, and the results were interesting.