COVID-19 can be transmitted through contact with an object that an infected person has touched - and some people are worried about their groceries.

So the Bracknell News and Reading Chronicle wanted to ask readers whether they have been disinfecting their shopping after a supermarket trip.

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Our readers poll shows 55 per cent of people in Bracknell answered 'yes, it is best to be safe' and 32 per cent said they 'can't be bothered' to wipe their groceries down.

Out of 182 votes, a further 11 per cent of people said they 'sometimes' disinfect their shopping.

Results for people in Reading painted a very similar picture, with 58 per cent of votes out of 118 saying they wipe their shopping with disinfectant.

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31 per cent said they couldn't be asked too and 11 per cent also said they 'sometimes' follow the procedure.

It comes experts believed that the risk of Covid-19 transmission through food packaging is "very low" with the shopping trips themselves that carry a higher risk of transmission.

According to the UK government’s food safety website, it is “very unlikely” that coronavirus can be transmitted via food.

Stephen Baker, a professor from the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge, told the Press Association that where the virus does survive on food, it would soon die off, as it does on other surfaces.

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“There is no reason to think the virus would be able to survive on food longer than any other surface,” he said.

However, if you feel particularly anxious, you can wipe tins and packaging down with antibacterial wipes.

The best practice to avoid viral transmission is to thoroughly wash your hands before preparing food and/or eating.

You should wash any produce using water in the usual way before preparing it.