Panic over having to self-isolate due to the novel coronavirus has led to chaos for businesses around the world.

Several supermarkets in the United Kingdom have started rationing pasta, milk, and certain tinned products, while Germany and the Netherlands have limited the sale of disinfectant gels.

Around the world, countries like Australia, South Africa, and Japan, are facing shortages of surgical masks and toilet paper, causing them to take drastic measures to handle to panic-buying.

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Dozens of users have posted videos and photos on social media of the panic-buying taking place across the globe as the coronavirus has spread to more than 100 countries, killing more than 5,000 people and infecting over 136,000.

With long queues and empty shelves in various supermarkets, the scenes look pretty shocking.

From non-perishable food and basic hygiene products to pharmaceutical supplies, fears of mass self-isolation and quarantine have left store shelves across the globe ransacked.

The situation has become so dire with some products that some governments have decided to take control of their sales to prevent shortages and dismantle illegal trafficking networks smuggling supplies over borders.

Here are some of the products being rationed across the globe.