* Supermarket shelves are raided after Boris Johnson's lockdown announcement
* But chains insist they still have good availability and tell people to shop normally
* Retailers also see websites come under pressure as shoppers race to book slots
Shoppers have raided some supermarket shelves after Boris Johnson's lockdown announcement for England - but chains insist they still have good availability.
Video footage filmed at a Tesco branch in South Woodford, North East London, after 9pm last night showed limited stock left of toilet roll and kitchen roll.
Other pictures showed empty frozen food shelves, a lack of fresh bread and low supplies of toilet roll at a Tesco in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, this afternoon.
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Update #1: Supermarkets' online shopping under pressure amid new lockdown (Yahoo News)
Update #2: Supermarket websites struggle amid new lockdown (BBC)
WNU Editor: I live in Canada in the province of Quebec, and we are on the verge of a complete lockdown .... Quebec is mulling a province-wide COVID-19 curfew, which would be a first in Canada (CTV). Fortunately. Panic buying has not hit us yet.
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