According to Gulf News, an increasing number of retailers, including supermarkets, pharmacies, and clinics in the UAE are introducing anti-microbial barriers to main social distance and prevent the spread of coronavirus at customer interfaces.
An anti-microbial shield is a transparent sheet, usually comprising a non-porous surface, which is installed at customer check-out counters or patient consultation points to prevent infections from being transmitted.
Nandakumar. V, Chief Communications Officer of the Lulu Group of hypermarkets, told Gulf News, “We started installing these shields across our stores last week to keep both our staff and customers safe. Their safety and health are on top of the agenda, and we are leaving no stone unturned in this effort. Apart from cleaning and sanitising all touchpoints such as shopping carts, lifts, counters, etc, we have also installed acrylic protection at all cash counters across all our branches.”
Nilesh Jain, the founder of JustRight FZCO, which makes such shields, said they are a solution for the much-required protection for front-line interface or employees at indoor public places.
He said, “Given the current global health emergency; both local and global authorities are doing their outright best to control the situation. We decided to act quickly to introduce a solution to suit the present requirements. With a sizeable number of communities where people are vulnerable and could be exposed to infections, the installation of these acrylic shields could play a key role in refraining the virus from spreading. The solution provides long-term protection.”
