Despite most of us staying at home, there's still one task we all need to do despite the coronavirus pandemic – so how safe is it to shop?
Supermarkets like Coles are now limiting how many customers can be in their stores at the one time in order to limit the spread of coronavirus. Picture: AAP Image/David Mariuz“We've got excellent contact tracing at the moment, and we know that most of our cases are from overseas or close contacts of those people.”
“It’s probably a good idea for people in those high-risk categories like elderly people, people with cardiac disease, diabetes, to take some extra precautions including having someone else do the shopping for them or do online shopping,” she said.People wearing protective masks shop in a supermarket in Singapore. Picture: Ore Huiying/Getty Images.
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