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by Lucadg 2271 days ago
In Bulgaria between 8.30 and 10.30 shops are open for the elderly only. I'm not sure how effective this is but it strikes me as a good low tech move.
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Same is Slovakia. When looking on handling the covid spread, it seems that generally central/east european countries are doing surprisingly good job compared to western europe, which is rather clueless and is paying/will a rather pay high price for this incompetence.
I think it’s far too soon , and naive, to make such a statement. It’s easy to see some of the mistakes done by Spain and Italy in hindsight, but I don’t see central and Eastern Europe doing any better.
I'm afraid little testing helps keep numbers low. They tested 5000 people since a few days ago in Bulgaria.
Singapore does 7am till 8am, you need a senior citizen card, or be taking care of a senior citizen / person with disability to get in during this time.

I think this is really great. When I go it's often crowded because people are still panicking.

I’m not sure it’s a great idea because older people are far more likely to catch the disease, so you’re crowding the most susceptible, most at-risk demographic together. But I’m not sure there’s an alternative. It’s better if the hours are longer.
Alot of super markets in Singapore are 24/7, a lot of the elderly wear masks, and for the most part people adhere to social distancing. The spread is minimal in Singapore.
British supermarkets have bizarrely cut their hours. Presumably the idea is that staff can stock shelves while distancing from customers, but the effect is to crowd customers together and increase queues.
Some stores in Washington state (US) have elected to implement this, but it is not a legal requirement.
Happening in Canada as well, Save-On-Foods, Shoppers Drug Mart, Real Canadian Superstore and London Drugs at least - there may be others. London Drugs have also added an hour for healthcare workers and first responders at the end of the day.