Hamish Blake forced to wear nappies amid coronavirus outbreak

Anxious shoppers have been emptying shelves of essential items in Australia and abroad, amid fears over the spread of coronavirus.

And comedian Hamish Blake, as well as the likes of Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, Sophie Monk and Bec Judd, is the latest star to panic over the lack of toilet paper available in supermarkets.

Hamish, 38, joked in an Instagram post on Friday that he’s been forced to wear jumbo nappies in the wake of the toilet paper shortage. 

‘Really great, uncomfortable, super expensive, bad value hack for if you can’t get toilet paper at the moment,’ Hamish wrote in the post’s caption. 

‘Stay strong. Stay creative,’ the father-of-two added, alongside the hashtag ‘last pack’ and the flexed biceps emoji.

Hamish’s caption ran alongside a photo of himself holding up a pack of jumbo nappies in the aisle of his local supermarket. 

Meanwhile on Tuesday, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson revealed on Instagram that she was getting anxious as her neighbours continue to stockpile essential items.   

‘I’m starting to panic, this is all I have left,’ the 45-year-old radio host captioned a photo of two and a half rolls of toilet paper.  

She included the hashtag ‘screw you doomsday preppers,’ before adding: ‘[The] irony is, when I panic I need to poo.’ 

Jackie jokingly listed alternatives to toilet paper, including newspapers, sponges or leaves, or indeed just taking a shower. 

Many of Jackie’s celebrity friends found her post amusing, and some even suggested their own solutions to the toilet paper shortage.

I’m A Celebrity’s Ryan Gallagher wrote that he ‘finally [has] a use for odd socks,’ while The Morning Show host Larry Emdur suggested corn husks.  

On Thursday, Sophie Monk, 40, stripped down and covered herself in ‘loo paper’ for an Instagram photo, taken by her boyfriend Joshua Gross.

‘Holy s**t. I’ve bulk bought loo paper since I was a kid! Direct message me if you need some,’ Sophie wrote in the post’s caption. 

The singer and model also shared two videos of her local supermarket’s empty shelves.   

‘Lucky we have some at home,’ she said in one Instagram Story. 

She added: ‘I always bulk buy [toilet roll emoji]. And tuna, thankfully.’ 

Joshua, 41, also shared the same picture to his Instagram, writing: ‘Feeling pretty safe from the coronavirus right now. Lucky Soph is a bulk buyer.’ 

In an Instagram Story post on Monday, Rebecca Judd, 37, revealed her shock over a lack of toilet paper at her local Coles supermarket in Melbourne’s Brighton.   

‘Guys, for real. This is the Brighton Coles and there’s no toilet paper,’ the mother-of-four said with a laugh.

Rebecca then zoomed in on a tiny section on one shelf that stocked just a few packs of toilet paper.

‘There’s a bit left so I’m grabbing it all, just down there,’ she said. ‘That’s it, that’s where the toilet paper usually lives.’   

‘Oh, my God. Imagine not having any toilet paper. Far out,’ the radio host continued.

Rebecca then shared a photo of the back seat of her car, where she unloaded packs of toilet paper she purchased.

‘Bought three packs,’ she captioned the picture alongside a see-no-evil monkey emoji. ‘People were stocking up on toothpaste and long life milk too.’ 

Jessika Power found out the hard way that some necessities are already out of her reach. 

The 28-year-old former Married At First Sight star shared footage of empty shelves at her local store in an Instagram Story on Friday. 

As she panned along the toilet paper aisle, with not a roll in sight, Jessika said off camera: ‘When I first heard about the coronavirus I thought it was a load of s**t! 

‘But now there literally is going to be a load of s**t, because there’s no toilet paper left. This is ridiculous!’ she added. 

Anxious shoppers in Australia and abroad have been stripping shelves bare of essentials, amid fears over the spread of coronavirus. 

Coronavirus is a respiratory illness accompanied by fever, coughing, sore throat, shortness of breath and fatigue. It can produce pneumonia. 

The spread of the disease, which began in Wuhan, China, has seen nearly 97,000 cases worldwide and over 3,300 fatalities.

The total number of Australians diagnosed with the virus is now 63, including two deaths.

New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard said that the public can go about life as normal but should exercise caution.

Mr Hazzard suggested it’s time to ‘cease’ shaking hands and instead pat each other on the back as a greeting, and always wash hands after being in a public place.