One of Burnaby’s biggest grocery stores is now requiring customers to wear masks while shopping as businesses continue to evolve during the pandemic.
T & T Grocery at Metropolis at Metrotown has posted the request for patrons to begin wearing masks starting May 11. The big question for customers is do they have access to masks because many stores don't sell them.
The announcement on its website puts the store in the forefront as most only require workers to wear personal protective equipment (PPE).
T & T recently rolled out optional temperature checks for customers as they pass through the front doors as part of a program of services aimed squarely at COVID-19.
Save-On-Foods said in a statement to Glacier Media it is not requiring customers to wear facemask and is relying on governments for guidance.
In early April, Dr. Theresa Tam with the Public Health Agency of Canada said Canadians can use non-medical masks along with social distancing measures to limit the transmission of the deadly virus.
On Monday, May 5, B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry laid out modelling for the spread of the virus in the province, and called on British Columbians to maintain physical distance as we move towards the summer.
“Our challenge and our work together is to find that sweet spot – somewhere around increasing our contacts by at least half, or twice as many as we have now, but without allowing those opportunities for rapidly exponential growth of the virus in our communities,” said Henry.
- With files from the Tri-City News
