UK grocers enforcing social-distancing amid Covid-19 crisis
Some leading UK supermarkets are also installing Perspex screens at checkouts and insisting on card payments only
24 March 2020 - 14:56
London — With Britain in lockdown, supermarkets have started limiting the number of customers in stores at any one time to enforce social-distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Britons to stay at home to halt the spread of the virus, imposing curbs on everyday life without precedent in peacetime. But people are still allowed to leave their homes to shop for basic necessities...
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