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Coronavirus: Tesco shoppers 'fight' and 'crush at door' as over 1,000 queue

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Fights broke out and NHS workers walked away fearing for their health as over 1,000 Tesco shoppers queued at a time reserved for hospital workers, say witnesses.

Shocking video and photos show hundreds of people standing close to each other as they ignored pleas to social distance during the coronavirus pandemic.

The shop in Dudley, West Midlands, opened at 9am for NHS staff only, but many healthcare workers, hoping to get supplies after long shifts on the front line of the Covid-19 fight, left before the doors opened because the huge crowd posed a risk to their health.

One NHS worker called it a "disgrace". Witnesses said shoppers were "fighting" and "panicked", and there was a "deep crush" at the door.

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