SHOPS are reportedly running out of hand sanitiser as the coronavirus outbreak continues.

People have said they have tried multiple times to buy some anti-bacterial hand gel, but to no avail.

Virus-spooked shoppers have instead been turning to online shopping platforms.

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However, there are those who are keen to take advantage.

One cheeky seller from Redditch has listed a small bottle of hand sanitiser for £100 on Facebook Marketplace.

However, the poster might not be 100 per cent serious.

A description says: "New looking for offers starting at £100 no time wasting like I am doing to you."

Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus continues to grow.

It comes as MPs grill England’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, on the UK’s plans for tackling Covid-19.

He told MPs on the Health and Social Care Committee it is now “highly likely” there is “community transmission” of coronavirus in the UK.

He added: “I’m expecting the number only to go up, and there are now several – not large numbers – but several cases where we cannot see where this has come from in terms of a clear transmission, either because someone has come directly from overseas or because they’ve had a close contact with someone who has recently returned from overseas.

“That I think makes it highly likely therefore that there is some level of community transmission of this virus in the UK now.

“I think we should work on the assumption it is here, on very low levels, at this point in time – but that I think should be the working assumption on which we go forward from this point onwards.”