Police guard shops to stop coronavirus panic-buyers and enforce social distancing
Shoppers have been ransacking stores each day as Britain was locked downLidl and Sainsbury's stores in a Stratford shopping centre, east London, had police stationed outside, while a Tesco at Mile End also had officers at the one open entrance.
"We maintain ongoing dialogue with businesses, in order to minimise the demands on policing from any resulting large crowds or queues at shops, and as part of our regular civil contingency engagement with businesses and partners."the pandemic. Tesco has taken on pub bouncers, who have been left without work after they were shut down by Boris Johnson.Anthony Glynn, 79, captured the nation's hearts when a photograph showing him sadly staring at his shopping list went viral online after the shelves had been stripped bare.supermarkets started limiting the number of customers in stores and put up screens to protect staff from the coronavirus.
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