KIIS FM radio host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson is ‘starting to panic’ over coronavirus

Supermarket shelves across Australia are being stripped bare as fears grow over the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

And on Tuesday, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson revealed she was getting anxious as her neighbours continue to stockpile essential items, resulting in a shortage of toilet paper.

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

She included the hashtag #ScrewYouDoomsdayPreppers, 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. 

Married At First Sight’s Ryan Gallagher wrote that he ‘finally [has] a use for odd socks’, while Rebecca Judd recommended using soft leaves from the garden.

The Morning Show host Larry Emdur suggested corn husks, ex-AFL star Brendan Fevola wrote ‘baby wipes’, and Chezzi Denyer told Jackie to steal toilet paper from her workplace.

Six more people tested positive to COVID-19 in New South Wales on Tuesday – including Australia’s second case of human-to-human transmission – bringing the number of infected to 40 across the country. 

Former Reserve Bank of Australia board member Warwick McKibbin said a global pandemic could wipe out 68 million people worldwide, including 96,000 Australians.

Even a mild pandemic could kill 21,000 Australians and 15 million globally, he said.

Shoppers said scenes at supermarkets resembled the ‘end of the world’ on Tuesday as customers rushed to get their hands on toilet paper and other basic necessities.

Woolworths was forced to introduce a four-pack limit for toilet paper on Wednesday as stores across the country ran out of the highly sought-after product.