BUT--- PRESIDENT
TRUMP ALSO SAID HE
WOULD BE SENDING
MILITARY TROOPS TO
NEW YORK CITY.
THESE TROOPS WILL
INCLUDE DOCTORS
AND NURSES AND
OTHER SUPPORT
STAFF.
THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS
ALSO SENDING SOME
VENTALATORS AND
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.
TODAY, WALMART
BEGAN LIMITING
THE NUMBER OF
SHOPPERS ALLOWED
IN ITS STORES.
IT'S PART OF AN
EFFORT TO PROMOTE
SOCIAL DISTANCING..
IN REPONSE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
WALMART WILL ONLY
ALLOW ROUGHLY
20-PERCENT OF ITS
STORE'S CAPACITY
INSIDE.. AT A TIME
ATYIA COLLINS JOINS
US LIVE FROM
WALMART---ATYIA
HOW DID CUSTOMERS
REACT TO THE
CHANGE?
HERE AT THE
WALMART ON BRANDT
POINT DRIVE IN
WEBSTER-
CUSTOMERS HAD TO
WAIT IN THESE LINES
AND BE CALLED INTO
THE STORES ONE BY
ONE-
PART OF THE NEW
MEASURES TO MAKE
SURE SHOPPERS
FOLLOW SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
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Starting this weekend-
Walmart stores
nationwide will now allow
no more than five
customers for each
1,000 square feet inside
the stores at any given
time-
that equals about 20
percent of a store's
capacity.
The move could increase
wait times-
but for customers like
Katrina- it's worth the
added safety.
SOT-Katrina
05.55.42-54
"Today is like really busy
the lines is really long,
you know, not to
frustrating but they move
at a good pace but
overall I try to get in and
the hell up out of there."
VO
Other big box stores are
also taking steps to keep
customers and
employees safe.
BJ's Wholesale Club will
also start to limit
customers inside the
store-
and have added things
like cough guards and
social distancing signage
to encourage safety
precautions.
Beside the store safety
measures-
many customers are
also taking their own
steps to stay safe and
are just hoping every
follows the rules while in
public.
SOT-Robert
05.56.36
"I'm wearing facemasks I
want to protect myself."
SOT
05.56.46-49
"Everybody be safe take
care of yourself and do
what the people tell you
to do."
THE IN-STORES-
CUSTOMER LIMIT
WILL COMPLIMENT
THINGS WALMART IS
ALREADY DOING
INCLUDING
INSTALLING
PLEXIGLAS GUARDS
AT CHECKOUT AND
PHARMACIES, AND
FLOOR DECALS
THROUGHOUT
STORES TO SHOW
APPROPRIATE SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
IN WEBSTER ATYIA
COLLINS NEWS 8.
WITH MORE PEOPLE
WORKING FROM
HOME -- CYBER
SECURITY CAN
BECOME A CONCERN.
EMPLOYEES ARE
NOW ACCESSING
SENSITIVE DATA
FROM THEIR
PERSONAL
COMPUTERS.
IT MAY NOT BE AS
PROTECTED AS THE
