A Glasgow mum was left in tears after she couldn't find powdered milk for her newborn baby as coronavirus panic-buyers emptied supermarket shelves.
Shopper Gemma Connolly was shocked to find shelf after shelf empty when she went for supplies at Asda’s store in Govan, Glasgow.
She said: “I spoke to a young guy who told me that a woman with a three-day-old baby was in tears because she couldn’t find powdered milk.
He also said an old lady had been in earlier looking for toilet roll and there was none left.
“He said she only needed one roll and the poor guy couldn’t do anything to help her because it was all gone.
“It’s disgusting the way some people are behaving. It’s like some kind of apocalypse is coming.”
Many celebrities have taken to social media to denounce panic buying.
Singer Alison Moyet tweeted: “Not sure what the panic is about loo roll.
“Needs must. Worst comes to worse, wipe your a**e with rags and wash them out. Women have had to utilise this method the world around for millennia.”
It comes as supermarkets, politicians and health officials came together yesterday in a bid to persuade shoppers to consider the needs of others as the global pandemic hits the UK.
The plea came after supermarket shelves in Scotland and other parts of the UK were stripped bare at the weekend.
Shoppers have been accused of stockpiling items such as toilet paper, pasta, hand sanitisers and tinned goods while young mums have struggled to get baby formula.
But retailers say elderly people are at risk of not being able to get the supplies they need if panic buying continues.
