These images show the scenes at supermarkets across Merseyside, as shoppers rush out to 'panic buy' amid the spread of coronavirus.
Last night, the Government announced we are now in the 'delay' phase a step up from the previous 'contain' phase.
And it seems the latest announcement in which Boris Johnson said families would "lose loved ones before their time", has led to even more stockpiling as stores struggle to meet the demand.
ECHO readers have been sending in their photographs from stores including Asda in Liscard, Morrisons in Southport, Iceland in Formby and Sainsbury's based on East Prescot Road.
All show shelves empty with hardly anything left as many call the scenes "ridiculous" and "selfish beyond words".
A video, taken by Ellie Brooks and shared on the ECHO last night, showed rows upon rows of empty shelves where items such as hand sanitiser and toilet roll were previously stocked.
The footage which was taken inside the Seaview Road store also showed there was a lack of tinned fruit and fizzy drinks such as Irn Bru, that had been swiped from the shelves.
Ellie told the ECHO that people in the shop weren't panicking but almost everyone was buying multiple of each item.
She said: "It was a relatively calm atmosphere but people were taking multiple of the same items.
"It was scary because literally almost all dry and tinned foods were gone and hadn't been restocked."
