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Walmart to mandate customers across U.S. stores wear masks

Published 07/15/2020, 11:20 AM
Updated 07/15/2020, 11:25 AM
© Reuters. The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rosemead

(Reuters) - Shoppers at Walmart (NYSE:WMT) Inc stores will have to wear face coverings, the world's largest retailer said on Wednesday, mandating what is widely seen as an effective measure to control the spread of the new coronavirus.

As coronavirus infections spike in many states across the country, face masks have become the leading recommendation from health experts and government officials looking to control the pandemic, while reopening the economy.

Walmart said about 65% of its over 5,000 U.S. stores, including its wholesale Sam's Club outlets, are located in areas where there is already some form of government mandate on face coverings. Its new policy will apply to all stores starting Monday.

Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) also requires its customers to wear face coverings starting Wednesday, while AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) Holdings Inc said in June its guests would have to wear face masks at its U.S. movie theaters, reversing a previous policy that had prompted harsh criticism.

Walmart said employees stationed at the entrance of its own and Sam's Club stores will remind customers of its new policy.

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fact: the flu is more deadly than COVID
fact: you're wrong, and need to get a life.
Prove it baby. per the CDC, your reliable source, it's absolute fact. you leftist nuts are insane and can only cling to fear and not fact.
“Covid19 is a hoax”? Spoken like true Trump supporters who hang out at Walmart all day to buy cheap, poorly-made Chinese imports from their family members who are being paid paupers’ wages by the Walton family.
The last time I checked lost Walmart shoppers are Democrat. look at the stats. most on the welfare system Obama created. Saying corona is a hoax is a bit insane, but it's an undeniable fact that the flu is more deadly
How do expect customers to wear masks when so many of them can’t even dress themselves?
Covid19 is a Hoax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Covid is a Hoax
Don’t humor these folks. These are the same people who think the Earth is flat, we never landed on the moon, and Donald Trump is a stable genius.....
flu
 https://www.rochesterregional.org/news/2020/01/flu-season-2020
Those ppl who have been beating up Asians indiscriminately or talking down about them like trump did: Doesn't is make major fools of them for acting arrogant without having all the facts? _ Trymp has taken the wind out of America's chances. -- I told you guys months and years ago trump has such a small ego that the only way he feels good about himself is when he is the last man standing in a rubble. Meanwhile he's busy causing a rubble.
careful man, you're making too much sense. The majority of Americans are experts on epidemiology and virology, despite many of them not majoring in STEM in college, if they went to college at all. -An American
What's taken Walmart this long? (An incompetent leader? American CEO's can't think for themselves? .. can't see what's been happening in South Korea?) Mask wearing in stores has been standard in Canada 2.5 months ago! __ Americans' lack of education causes them being out of touch with reality, just like their undereducated potus
Think about how many lives POTUS could have helped saved if he would lead by example and wore a mask 4 months ago!
what took them so long. US is doing the worst job in the entire world. VOTE BLUE AND GET RID OF THE TRAITORS FOR GOOD
Name 3 reasons (or more) why you think they are traitors, please.
a reality TV show star supported by a gameshow host from the 80s told her so lmfao
that's ok. I can shop, somewhere else. face coverings are to protect the vulnerable. I am not and so, also, are 98%+ of the people.
Good go pay more elsewhere I like shopping in safety.
sure your freedom is more important than other peoples lives
Your attitude is ANTI-SOCIAL! Your job as a MINDFUL citizen is to protect others with your behaviour. -- You are a drag on government resources and your type of mindset is responsible for ongoing deaths in America. -- Shape up or ship out.
Too bad, M. A. G. A. K. I. N. G. When you go into Walmart again to buy your new wardrobe (lovely, I’m sure!), you’ll have to bring along your embossed M. A. G. A. mask.
are you chinese causing harm to american citizen?
What does "K. I. N. G." stand for?
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