Walmart is ramping up protective measures amid the coronavirus crisis, and will start taking employees’ temperatures before shifts.
will start taking employees' temperatures when they report to work and tell them to stay home or seek medical care if they have a fever of at least 100 degrees.
Walmart is shipping infrared thermometers to all stores, distribution centers and fulfillment centers, which could take up to three weeks. Walmart's executive vice president of corporate affairs, Dan Bartlett, said Tuesday that temperature-taking will begin at distribution centers and fulfillment centers and in coronavirus hotspots, such as New York and Louisiana.
In addition, Walmart will start making store aisles one way in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom to help customers stay 6 feet away from one another, Bartlett said. Walmart is considering other crowd-management approaches, such as ones they've learned from Black Friday.
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