A heartbroken son has begged people to stay indoors and obey social distancing after his mother, 87, died from coronavirus after shopping in Asda, amid fears that supermarkets could become superspreaders of the killer illness.
Shoppers were pictured squeezing together at supermarkets up and down the country this morning, ignoring social distancing rules from the government which say people are supposed to stay 6ft apart while stocking up on essentials and fanning fears that they could pass on the virus through touching and contaminating food.
And Jeff Howes, 58, from Coventry, has now revealed that his mother caught the virus and died after shopping at her local Asda.
Jean Howes, 87, only left her home for an hour a week to pick up groceries from Asda but while she was on one of her brief supermarket trips, the great-grandmother contracted the deadly bug and she died on Monday.
Her grieving son Jeff posted a poignant message on Facebook begging people to stay indoors in order to save lives.