The obligation to cover the mouth and nose applies in almost all federal states. Berlin wikll is debating a mask requirement for retailers.
For a few weeks now, retailers such as Aldi, Lidl, Rewe or Edeka have relied on security companies or their own employees to enforce admission restrictions. The employees then count the customers or distribute a certain number of shopping carts.
As of Monday, they should only let customers into the branches with a face covering. In three internal letters, which are available to CHIP, Rewe employees are instructed to “kindly” and “definitely” inform customers about the officially ordered measures and to ask them to wear a face mask.
Many branches want to provide disposable towels free of charge at the start.
“It is difficult for us to get masks in large quantities,” an employee told CHIP. “We know that customers will have difficulties in the beginning. This is always the case with radical changes. We solve this with disposable towels.”
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