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		</div><p>The British Government is working with supermarkets to ensure food supplies as the number of people self-isolating with coronavirus is expected to rise, their Health Secretary has said.</p>
<p>Matt Hancock sought to reassure the public following panic-buying in some areas, with supermarkets seeing their shelves cleared of essentials such as toilet roll and paracetamol.</p>
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<p>It comes as an older patient, reported to be a woman in her 70s, became the first person in the UK to die after being diagnosed with coronavirus.</p>
<p>Speaking on BBC’s <i>Question Time</i>, Mr Hancock said: “The Government has supplies of the key things that are needed, and, within the food supply, we are absolutely confident that there won’t be a problem there.</p>
<p>“And, crucially, we are working to makes sure that if people are self isolating, they will be able to get the food and supplies that they need.”</p>
<p>He said there was “absolutely no need” for individual people “to go round buying more than they need.”</p>
<p>He added: “The very, very strong advice from the scientists, from the medics, is that people should not go buying more than they need.”</p>
<p>Mr Hancock also told anyone self-isolating with coronavirus to stay away from their own family members as much as possible, and to wipe down shared surfaces such as in bathrooms.</p>
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<p>He said: “People should try to self-isolate from their families, not only go home, try not to go out shopping, definitely don’t use public transport, but within your own home you should also try to self-isolate.”</p>
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