2020
TM3863 : Sign of the times: socially-distanced shopping at Saxmundham Waitrose
taken 4 years ago, near to Saxmundham, Suffolk, England
Sign of the times: socially-distanced shopping at Saxmundham Waitrose
Several days into the government's lockdown of the country in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, supermarkets had taken measures to minimise the risk of infection whilst people bought essential supplies. Here, a carefully-spaced queue leads to the entrance to Waitrose, at which security staff were carefully allowing one person in only when another left in order to ensure a low density of people inside. This had the effect of slowing purchasing and allowing replenishment of the shelves to keep up with demand: inside, toilet rolls were to be found for the first time in a week or so.
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