Covid-19 IN TWEETS: Douglasdale Pick n Pay puts measures in place to combat coronavirus
DOUGLASDALE – The Pick n Pay in Douglasdale has implemented measured to keep safe during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Since the announcement of the upcoming nationwide lockdown by President Cyril Ramophosa on 23 March, many stores that will be operating during the lockdown are implementing ways to control the spread of Covid-19.
The Fourways Review reporter, Khomotso Makhabutlane went to Pick n Pay Doulasdale and was impressed with their system.
Pick n Pay Douglasdale are controlling the number of people allowed into the store, while sanitising customers. @Fourways_Review pic.twitter.com/gnrPe7hMZF
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A queue of customers waiting outside Pick n Pay in Douglasdale to enter.
One entrance is open to control the numbers. @Fourways_Review pic.twitter.com/rDCShQ4T1h— khomotso makgabutlane • p.sugar • #blm (@Mo_Makgabutlane) March 25, 2020
Store manager Nelson Ndlovu said customers have received the method well. “Safety is our number-one concern right now,” he said. This was implemented from Monday, 23 March after the lockdown announcement.
Regular methods of preventing the spread of the virus are in place with wipes and sanitiser at the entrance. @Fourways_Review
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Levi Salima is also pleased with the process, “It’s better here than at other stores. I was at [a well-know store] in Edenvale, and you couldn’t even get in. It definitely shows how much care and consideration went in this,” he said.
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