Social media pioneers interacted with the tweets of a woman who was banned from buying sanitary pads in a British store, claiming that it is a non-essential commodity, which caused widespread confusion in the county of Wales, which is classified as one of the high-risk areas.

A few days ago, the Welsh government banned the opening of stores selling food commodities, by deciding to close for 17 days as a precaution due to the outbreak of the Corona epidemic in its second wave, and it prevented stores from selling non-essential products without direct explanation of their items.

@Tesco can you explain why I was told today that I can't buy PERIOD PADS as I'm sure they are essential to women? !!!

But I can buy alcohol it doesn't make sense 🤦🏽‍♀️

- Katieđź’— (@ kt1515123) October 26, 2020

Close instructions

The Welsh government instructed not to sell non-essential goods such as household appliances, electrical goods, telephones, clothes and books, and closed shops that mainly relied on selling these products.

According to government guidelines, shops can sell products that can usually be bought from food commodity stores, while supermarket chains are allowed to remain open provided that only basic commodities are offered for sale, and then the self-assessment of those stores was in the classification of basic commodities, which is why Cause the personal hygiene section, which includes sanitary pads, to close.

The store justifies the ban

The store stated in a brief statement that the selling area for these products was closed after the store was stormed in a robbery, and that the police in South Wales were investigating the theft of cosmetic products estimated at 20 thousand pounds sterling that took place on the same day. That sanitary pads were unnecessary was the wrong response.

The management of the Tesco store commented in a tweet via the official account on Twitter on the woman's complaint, indicating that the government's policy is not to sell these materials in the store, but the store management quickly corrected that matter, and the tweet was removed, after it angered the followers on the communication sites, and the administration apologized. The store reported that the deleted tweet, and described it as a harsh response from a customer service employee.

Petition and rage

According to the British newspaper The Guardian, about 60,000 people have signed a petition to Parliament in Wales, calling on him to immediately reverse the closure decision.

For its part, the government delegated to deal with the crisis left it to the discretion of the stores, as it can sell non-essential materials to customers if it senses a real need for them, and unnecessary goods included alarms and many goods that still cause confusion to store owners before customers.

The Welsh Government Response

The crisis met with widespread objections, which prompted the government to suspend, so Health Minister Vaughan Guthing went out in an official speech through the media and strongly rejected the incident, and the government tweeted on its official website that menstrual products are a necessary commodity, and that what happened was a serious mistake.

This is wrong - period products are essential.

Supermarkets can still sell items that can be sold in pharmacies.

Only selling essential items during firebreak is to discourage spending more time than necessary in shops.

It should not stop you accessing items that you need.

https://t.co/kIo5l5z2Zc

- Welsh Government (@WelshGovernment) October 26, 2020

Health Minister Boyles said at the press conference that he was greatly saddened by the exchange of tweets on social media, and he denounced the store’s ban on selling menstrual products, claiming they were unnecessary goods, and considered it an incorrect reading of government directives. He also apologized to the woman with the problem at the conference, adding that the product Available in pharmacies and stores.

The British government is in a critical period due to the second wave of the "Covid-19" epidemic, and it has taken a decision to classify 3 warnings as an indicator of moderate, high and high risk severity, and restrictions increase based on the level of warning, and a classification has been determined for each geographical location according to the postal code and the outbreak of the epidemic in That area.

Wales is located in a high-risk region, as travel to and from that area is avoided, and according to regulations, people who live in areas with high rates of "Covid-19" in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will not be able to travel to or from Wales.