Covid pings left deliveries in chaos. Ministers said last night that contact testing will be rolled out to “critical” workplaces in the food supply chain so workers can avoid self-isolating and take daily tests.Store bosses begged Brits not to panic-buy toilet roll, pasta, bottled water and wine as staff responsible for restocking were forced to stay home.
Ministers last night faced calls to bring in the Army to shore up food supplies. Tory MP Tobias Ellwood, chair of the Commons defence committee, said: ‘The urgency of staff shortages now impacting on supermarkets...