Improvised queuing system, ASDA, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Improvised queuing system, ASDA, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne
Image: © Graham Robson Taken: 25 Apr 2020
As a (hopefully) short term measure during the COVID-19 pandemic that struck the UK in the first part of 2020 part of the car park beside the large ASDA supermarket has been used to set up a queuing system for people to wait to enter the supermarket. The painted yellow lines are two metres apart, indicating the distance which government advice suggested provided sufficient room to suitably reduce the risk of catching the infection from someone close by. Upturned trolleys have been used to separate the rows of queuing people waiting to enter the shop. Queuing outside was deemed necessary as shops were instructed to limit the number of people in their stores to reduce crowding and therefore the risk of infection from fellow shoppers and staff.
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Image Location
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55.013431
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-1.620292