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  1. Published on: 26/10/2021 12:49 PMReported by: editor
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    West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has today supported Shopworkers’ trade union Usdaw’s call for mandatory face coverings and covid safety measures to return to shops.

    The Union has asked that Government make important in-store safety measures mandatory to help reduce the spread of Covid-19, in light of rising Covid-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths.

    Rosie Cooper MP commented:

    “The UK has just recorded more than 50,000 Covid cases for the first time in over three months, yet the Government appears to be sitting idly by and allowing this spread.

    “I am thoroughly in support of Usdaw’s call for mandatory face masks and covid safety precautions to return to shops. It is truly scary to see that now there is no requirement to do so, the majority of people no longer wear a mask.

    “Something has to be done to reduce the spread, and this change will go some way to protect staff at the shops and their customers.”
    Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary says:

    “Since the Government ended mandatory safety measures within shops, the wearing of face coverings, social distancing and hand sanitising have been in decline. Protection for retail workers through customers following Covid safety rules should be backed up by the law and not left to individual choice, if we are going to avoid further lockdown measures.

    “Without clear direction from the Government, we continue to ask employers to think about their duty of care to staff and promote safety measures to the shopping public. We also ask customers to show their support and respect for shopworkers by wearing face coverings, observe hand hygiene and maintain social distancing.

    “Wearing a face covering is an important measure to help protect workers who have no option but to interact with the public. Retail workers are at a greater risk of catching the virus and bringing it home to their families. They have worked throughout the pandemic to keep the country fed and deserve to be valued, respected and protected.”
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    Between August and November 2020 the Royal Society graph showed shops well down the list for the cause of infection.
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    Common exposure events reported from week commencing 21 April 2021 to week commencing 26 May 2021. Variant data as of 14 June 2021, contact tracing data as of 16 June 2021. Number of common exposures per week of data labelled. Shopping again appears a low risk area. gov.uk
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  3. AnOtherdriver says:26/10/2021 01:48 PM
    I recommend wearing masks in shops and the like coz no one recognises me and get my shopping done in record time and hopefully germ free

  4. Georgio says:26/10/2021 05:54 PM
    The top half of their list are mainly places where it is probably quite easy to trace where the infection came from because the infection was 'brought in' by someone. If someone who isn't static like living in a care home gets covid, how can they say that it wasn't picked up in a shop as opposed to anywhere else they went to ? Mask wearing and hand sanitising in shops appears to have dropped to about one in twenty now. Anyone would think that covid and the risk of being infected had gone away...

  5. Toodles McGinty says:27/10/2021 11:37 AM
    We know what's happening. We can see infections and deaths growing daily.

    While I'd like to see mask wearing mandated, it's an admission that Covid is still here and spreading, so the government won't do it, even if deaths go back to 1000 a day.

    Use common sense. Wear a mask. Protect yourself and others.

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