This is why people are panic buying toilet paper, according to a pandemic expert

Toilet paper has become a symbol of safety and preparedness during the pandemic as fear of infection has risen

The usually busy Royal Mile in Edinburgh is empty as people stay away from public areas amid the coronavirus outbreak on 13 MarchHo bart's Amusement Arcade in Westward Ho!, Devon is offering toilet roll and soap as prizes in grabber machinesAn empty platform at Farringdon Station in London the morning after the Prime Minister said that Covid-19"is the worst public health crisis for a generation"Shopkeepers Asiyah Javed and husband Jawad from Day Today Express, in Stenhousemuir,...

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