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Katie Collings

Tesco rations certain foods in a bid to combat coronavirus panic buying

Tesco has begun rationing certain in-demand items in a bid to combat coronavirus panic buying.

Shoppers have been stripping shelves of hand sanitiser, toilet roll and baked beans amid COVID-19 hysteria.

Now bosses at the UK's biggest supermarket have decided to limit customers to five items each of UHT milk, pasta and baked beans, both online and in store,  reports the Telegraph.

On Tesco's website shoppers are told they have reached a five-item limit when trying to order the products.

It comes as videos were posted showing hoards of manic shoppers pushing trolleys piled high with long-life goods.

An empty shelf of hand sanitiser (Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire)

At Costco in Chingford, London, shoppers were limited to one case of water each due to reported shortages.

The man who filmed the panicked scenes said it was "very over the top" and people were "fighting and pushing in front of each other."

Confirmed cases jumped by 45 to 209 on Saturday.

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