AMONG the coronavirus announcements there was a brief mention that leading supermarkets would support vulnerable members of the public with home deliveries.

The virus in the UK is now moving at increasing speed but home deliveries are not.

In Hove my adult daughter is wheelchair dependent with advanced multiple sclerosis, lives alone and relies entirely 24/7 on care and support from the dedicated staff at an excellent local care agency, Compass Homecare Ltd.

Every two weeks for a long time her PA’s have placed an online shop for home delivery with Asda for her.

She cannot see, use her hands or speak clearly and hold a phone. She is also on a soft food diet to avoid choking and respiratory infections as she is physically unable to cough.

They are now unable to get a home delivery for her. This is just her usual needs and definitely not stockpiling.

As well as all the daily care routines they have to get through her PA’s are out on foot trying to find food in store she can eat but were unable to even to find eggs.

Why am I not helping her? I’m an 81 year old widow caring for my other daughter, who lives with me in London and also has MS.

Following medical advice it’s no longer safe for me to use public transport for my weekly commute to Hove to help Emily. We have no other family.

I’m also struggling as I was unable to get a home delivery for us from the supermarkets I’ve tried. Shelves are empty and I’m moving slowly with a recent hip replacement.

It’s time for Asda and others to get help as polite requests to the panic-buying public appear to have no effect.

I’m old enough to remember rationing in the Second World War. Don’t wait for Boris to tell you... limit quantities to prevent stockpiling, reduce crowds by only letting a limited number of shoppers into the stores with single file queuing outside, two metres apart.

If other countries can do it why not in the UK?

If you’re short of vehicles and drivers for home deliveries, for all our sakes, show you’re seriously pro-active and get Boris to mobilize the Army.

I’ve done my best to exercise patience and stay calm for both my daughters but this takes the cake or it would if there was any on the shelves.

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