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Coronavirus: Take measures to protect customers, Ministry tells stores in Oman

Legal measures will be taken against stores that are not committed to taking precautionary measures.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Muscat: Legal measures will be taken against stores that are not committed to taking precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Ministry of Commerce and Industry warned on Wednesday.

The warning comes after some food stuff and commodity shops failed to take measures to protect the customers. “It was noticed that some commercial centers and shops did not adhere to the precautionary measures issued by the Ministry in coordination with the Ministry of Health by organizing the shopping process for consumers in order to reduce the spread of the Corona virus (Covid-19).”

The Ministry stated that it will take legal measures against centers and stores that have not complied with the following procedures:

  1. Organizing the process of entering consumers in batches.

2. Putting a safety distance (two meters) between one consumer and another at the billing.

3. Sterilizing shopping carts and surfaces, and providing sterilizers for consumers.

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