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7 Tips Shopping at Supermarkets during the Corona Covid-19 Virus Outbreak, Follow to Stay Calm

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Kapanlagi.com - Recently, there was a viral video on various social media platforms showing two people shopping at a shopping center in South Jakarta. Both of them were wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). This incident caused a commotion. When asked by security personnel, they claimed that wearing PPE is a safe shopping tip during the corona outbreak.

The video of the argument between the two individuals wearing PPE and the supermarket security personnel went viral. Many people criticized their behavior because PPE is specifically intended for use by medical personnel. However, shopping for necessities is indeed an important thing to do. So, how to shop safely during the corona virus outbreak?

Here are some tips for safe shopping during the Corona Covid-19 virus outbreak:

 

1. Create a Shopping List

The first tip for safe shopping during the corona pandemic is to create a shopping list. This may sound trivial, but a shopping list will greatly help you in determining the items to be purchased.

By creating a shopping list, you will be able to find the items to be purchased more quickly. This way, you will be able to speed up your shopping time at the supermarket.

2. Use a Mask

Currently, masks have become a mandatory item for everyone. The use of masks will provide better protection against direct exposure to the corona virus. Especially when you are face to face with others, such as at the cashier's counter.

In addition, using a mask will also make you less likely to touch your face. As you already know, one of the ways to prevent the transmission of the corona virus is by reducing the frequency of touching your face, especially the mouth, nose, and eyes.

3. Bring Tissues or Handkerchiefs

The next safe shopping tip at the supermarket is to bring a handkerchief or tissue. For what?

You can use a handkerchief or tissue to hold your shopping items when putting them in the cart. In addition, many minimarkets and supermarkets now provide places to wash hands.

However, they rarely provide tissues as wipes. Therefore, it is better for you to bring your own handkerchief or tissue, which is guaranteed to be clean.

4. Bring Your Own Shopping Bag

In addition to tissues or handkerchiefs, it is also advisable to bring your own shopping bag. Until now, bringing your own shopping bag has often been done as an environmental movement. But, in times like this, bringing your own shopping bag can also protect you from the corona virus covid-19.

This is because you never know whose hands have touched the plastic bags provided by the cashier. Therefore, bringing your own shopping bag will help you avoid the possibility of being infected by droplets through plastic bags.

5. Keep Distance from Other Visitors

Keeping distance or more commonly known as social distancing is still one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of the corona covid-19 virus. Therefore, you should implement this method as one of the tips for shopping in supermarkets at the moment.

Avoid visitors who are crowding together. If the items you want to buy are located in a crowd, you can take other items first, and then come back when it starts to empty. Also practice social distancing when queuing at the cashier or when going to the bathroom.

6. Opening and Closing Doors Using Elbows

The next tip for shopping in supermarkets may sound trivial, which is opening or closing doors using elbows. Actually, besides using elbows, you can also use your arm.

Although trivial, this is important to do because as you know, door handles are objects that are touched by many people. Meanwhile, you do not know the health condition of someone who touched the door handle before you.

So, opening and closing doors with elbows can be a small step to protect yourself from the corona covid-19 virus.

7. Clean Yourself and Shopping Items

Tips for shopping at supermarkets during the COVID-19 corona virus outbreak, not only stop at the supermarket. After returning from shopping, there are several things that you should also do, such as cleaning your body, spraying disinfectant, and others.

Details about things that must be done after returning from the supermarket can be read in the article titled '7 Tips After Traveling, Do This When You Arrive Home to Prevent Corona COVID-19'.

Those are 7 tips for shopping at supermarkets during the COVID-19 corona virus outbreak. By following these tips, hopefully you can shop more calmly.

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Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
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