Staff members in stores “should cover their faces with masks or scarfs at all times,” Shawnee County health officer Gianfranco Pezzino said in a letter sent Monday to Shawnee County retail establishments.
The letter also outlines specific steps Pezzino is asking stores to take to maintain adequate social distancing.
“We hope to address the uneven compliance regarding social gathering restrictions by strongly recommending and encouraging these measures,” Pezzino said in a news release put out late Monday afternoon. “We trust that our county’s retail partners will do their part and adhere as best they can to the recommended measures set forth to help mitigate the transmission of COVID-19.”
Monday’s letter said operators of large stores, shopping malls and other retail establishments where large numbers of people are present should monitor the areas around their stores and ensure people are appropriately directed to store entrances.
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