BBC’s Chris Morris explained which myths surrounding coronavirus should be ignored including eating garlic, drinking lots of water and taking colloidal silver. COVID-19 has forced schools and businesses to shut as Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britons to self-isolate to stop the spread of the virus. It comes as 177 people have died from coronavirus in the UK as of Friday afternoon.

Mr Morris said: “We know we’re supposed to wash our hands as often as possible to prevent the spread of coronavirus but here are some internet myths you really should ignore such as eating garlic.

“Experts say this is no evidence that eating garlic or anything has protected people from COVID-19.

“Water can’t stop you from catching coronavirus. You catch a virus like this when you breathe in.

“There’s no biological mechanism to suggest that you can wash it out of your system by constantly drinking water.

“The idea that avoiding ice cream or other cold foods can prevents the viruus taking hold is totally untrue.

“And trying to heat your body to make it inhospitable for the virus just won’t work.

“We know the flu virus doesn’t work well outside the body during summer heat but we don ‘t yet know enough about how that heat might impact the new coronavirus.

“The use of collodial silver has been suggested but the clear advice from health authorities is that it doesn’t treat infection in the body or boost immunity.”

Since the pandemic, supermarket shelves have stripped bare of essential items as shoppers panic buy toilet rolls, hand sanitiser, paracetamol, meat, fruit and vegetables.

It has led to supermarkets having to bring in limits on the amount of some items sold, with golden shopping hours introduced to help the elderly and NHS and care workers.

Stores are also taking on thousands of temporary and permanent workers to deal with the increased demand from the Covid-19 crisis.

It is understood Mr Johnson will be speaking to the leading supermarket chains to see what the Government can do to ensure the shelves remain stocked and the supply chains can cope with the demand.

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The Road Haulage Association has also welcomed an announcement by the Department of Transport to relax the working hours for drivers for a month from March 23 until April 21.

Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Sainbsury’s have announced a golden shopping hour for NHS and social care workers, so they can join older and vulnerable shoppers in having less competition for restocked shelves.

It comes after critical care nurse Dawn Bilbrough, from York, made a heartfelt plea for shoppers to stop stockpiling, in a video which circulated on social media on Thursday.

In the video, she is seen crying after visiting a supermarket following a 48-hour hospital shift to find there were no fruit or vegetables.

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