VI begins 3 days of shopping before 14-day lockdown
The curfew has been relaxed to allow persons with surnames 'A' to 'I' to shop today, April 2, 2020. On Friday, persons with surnames from 'J' to 'R' will get their turn while on Saturday, persons with surnames from 'S' to 'Z' will be allowed.
The staggered approach is to prevent a buildup of crowds at places of business.
Supermarkets across the Territory began to witness a large amount of shoppers from as early as 6:00am.
6:00am to 8:00am on all three days of shopping is reserved for essential workers and persons shopping for persons considered most vulnerable to COVID-19.
So far there have been some reports of impatience but most persons have been going about their businesses in an orderly fashion.
Photographs coming in to our newsroom show; however, that a "car queue" has backed up from Pasea all the way to Festival Grounds as persons seek to shop at RiteWay Food Markets.
One Mart Superstore has also seen long lines of shoppers while RiteWay in Flemming Street has seen shorter lines.
At various supermarkets; however, some persons have reported of being in queues for over two hours.
No need to panic buy
Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) had said owners of supermarkets had assured him there was no need for anyone to "panic buy" as they have months of supplies in stock.
He advised persons; however, to shop adequately for the 14 days of lockdown.
“For legal purposes, the current Order for the curfew will end on 16 April. However, a new Order will be done for at least 3 days more to give a full 14 days starting from this Saturday.
“So, this is why you are being advised to shop for 14 days.”
Meanwhile, Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert had said the best thing to break the disease is for everyone to stay at home.
“But we recognise, of course, that we all need to stock up before we return to lockdown in our homes. What we don’t want though is for everyone to rush to the stores at once creating a risk of the disease spreading in crowded spaces. Therefore, we will have a strict managed approach to how you can re-stock for the next period.”
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14 Responses to “VI begins 3 days of shopping before 14-day lockdown”
Clown
Now if we were raring cattle and other livestock at Paraquita Bay and elsewhere we would have been able to kill some to feed the people until the exports arrived. We cannot eat financial services & tourism. Our money right now is useless - the whole world under the same conditions.
China now sending masks to USA.
Display the appointment number on your windscreen or have it on your person, so police can check at random for the details. Our trained IT and Disaster Planning departments are something else.