Coronavirus: UK panic-buyers urged to think of frontline workers

Government, business and NHS leaders ask people to leave enough supplies for othersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK government is urging people to “be responsible when [they] shop and think of others” as panic-buying continues in response to the coronavirus crisis.The environment secretary, George Eustice, who stood in for Boris Johnson on Saturday for the government’s daily briefing, said that when people took more than they needed it ma