As the infection situation of the new coronavirus deteriorates rapidly, the infection spreads to employees in restaurant chains and commercial facilities, and there are a series of movements to take measures for temporary closure.
Starbucks, a coffee chain, had 56 stores nationwide last month that were temporarily closed due to employee infections and disinfection of the store, and 46 in May, when the third state of emergency was declared. It exceeded the number, and it was the highest every month.
28 stores will be closed by the 6th of this month, and the company has enough employees because people who worked at the same time as the infected person are waiting at home even if they are not close contacts. However, there are cases where it takes a long time to resume business.
In addition, McDonald's, a hamburger chain, closed 177 stores nationwide last month due to employee infection, exceeding the number in May, and 81 stores were closed by the 6th of this month.
Even in large commercial facilities, at the "Hanshin Umeda Main Store" in Kita-ku, Osaka, 138 employees have been infected by the 5th due to an outbreak of outbreaks of clusters, and the food department is concentrated with infected people because the sales system is not ready. Is closed.
In Tokyo, due to the increase in the number of infected employees, "LUMINE EST Shinjuku" at JR Shinjuku Station was temporarily closed on the 4th due to the simultaneous disinfection of the facility, and at the Isetan Shinjuku Main Store, there are more than 10 stores in the food department. Is closed, and the rapid deterioration of the infection situation has a widespread impact on sales at restaurants and retail stores.