Published 13:06 IST, March 21st 2020

COVID-19: Nurse breaks down after finding grocery shelves empty post 48-hour shift | Watch

In the video, COVID-19 nurse Dawn can be heard saying, “So I’ve just come out of the supermarket. There’s no fruit and veg. I had a little cry in there."

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A video of a critical care nurse breaking down after she returns empty-handed from supermarket swept clean due to panic buying is making internet sob. Dawn Bilbrough h finished a 48-hour shift at a hospital attending to patients of COVID-19 disease when she hopped to nearest local shop in York, England to buy essential supplies. She, however, found that store was out of stock with fruits and vegetables. She posted a video on her Facebook account teary-eyed, urging people to stop panic buying, and internet is gloom-struck.

In video that she shot in her car, Dawn can be heard saying, “So I’ve just come out of supermarket. re’s fruit and veg. I h a little cry in re”. She furr ded saying, “I’m a critical care nurse and I’ve just finished 48 hours of work. re’s fruit, re are vegetables. I just don’t kw how I’m supposed to stay healthy”. “You just need to stop it. Because it’s people like me that are going to be looking after you when you’re at your lowest so just stop it. Please!” she said, making an appeal furr.

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Internet users flouted panic-buying

video triggered a huge reaction on internet as people flouted trend of hoarding supplies amid coronavirus outbreak. re have been ongoing concerns regarding health workers, elderly, and pensioners being left with supplies as people are stockpiling essential supplies like toilet rolls due to pandemic.

“Dawn this is heartbreaking to see, lots of love and thank you for all you do,” wrote a Facebook user. “Dawn, can I help with anything? I can have a look round, what is it that you need?” enquired ar user. video has over 27k shares and was liked 7.6k times on Facebook. As per reports, shortly after video went viral, supermarkets in area implemented new rules such as allowing shoppers to buy only four of any products per visit.