19:36 on April 11, cooperation to avoid many customers including family members at supermarkets.
As demands for self-restraint continue to curb unnecessary emergency outings, many people, including families, visit supermarkets that are not targeted because they sell daily necessities. Infection control is being promoted at each supermarket store, but industry groups have stated that "If you come to the store with a large number of people, the cash register will be crowded and the so-called" three dense "may be caused." Is calling for further cooperation.
On the 11th, the first weekend after a law-based “Emergency Declaration” was issued, many supermarkets in Nerima-ku, Tokyo, often saw families and parents.
According to the store, there has been no recent hoarding activity as before, and there were more than 20% more customers visiting the store than usual due to the sunny day on the 11th.
President Hiromichi Akiba of the supermarket "Akidai" said, "I feel that there is an increasing number of customers who are going to go with their families just by shopping if they breathe in the outside air, because their lives at home are continuing." Was.
A 6-year-old daughter and her 30s mother, who visited the store, said, "In such a situation, I could only walk near my house and thought I was distracted and brought my daughter. I think it's better to come by yourself, but it's difficult to leave home alone. "
In this situation, there is concern about "dense, closed, close contact" near the cash register, so-called "three dense", and even at this supermarket, we are calling on the supermarkets to have an interval between them.
According to the Supermarket Association of Japan, which has about 300 member stores, employees from supermarkets nationwide say, `` Children are running around in stores and a large number of people are lined up at cash registers, and I am worried about preventing infection. '' And so on.
For this reason, the association has been calling on Twitter to say, "Please cooperate to reduce the number of visitors now to avoid further tightening of regulations."
A spokesperson for the "National Supermarket Association" said, "I think that the risk of infection can be further reduced by innovating visitors, such as having some family members wait outside the store or by car. We are working on countermeasures, so we hope that our customers take care of them. "