As for the media, unbelievable! Its wall to wall virus - if they'd just stick to that pair of experts who stand either side of Boris giving us sensible, scientific advice in a very reassuring way, I think that would have been sufficient but, no, they have to scare us half to death with their 'we're all doomed' approach in order to justify their 24 hour rolling news remit which basically comprises repeating everythng over and over again ad nauseam.
This x1,000,000.
For all our faults this country (the UK) has systems in place to ensure people get stuff when they really need it. Local Government
by law has to develop plans for civil emergencies, and we have armed forces who are well trained and organised to assist in times of need.
There are some elements of the media (including social media) that have become almost obsessed with criticising the government whatever they do, and that really isn't helping us right now.
Many of the important decisions and actions that need to be taken to deal with Covid will in any event be the responsibility of non-political civil servants and local government officers, as well as staff in the NHS and emergency services.
People need to be able to trust the government machine (the whole organisation, not just the politicians) because that is the best way to avoid panic and other undesirable outcomes.
There will be mistakes made, and after the worst is over people will need to be held accountable. But in the meantime it does none of us much good to have elements of the media and ill-informed commentators constantly seeking to undermine the government for political (or some other) motives.
My guess is that in the coming weeks the supermarkets will be getting help with additional staff and vehicles to make home deliveries. That isn't based on any inside info, it is just the logical response to deal with a situation where stocks of products are available, but the logistical operation to deliver them to people needs additional support. Luckily we have people and vehicles that could be put to good use in that way.