As the Central Epidemic Command Center heightened domestic disease prevention measures May 11, many stores and restaurants have also started COVID-19 prevention measurements.
According to FOCUS TAIWAN, the major businesses were American fast food chain McDonald's, four convenience store chains in Taiwan, and French hypermarket chain Carrefour.
At McDonald's stores across Taiwan, entry will be restricted to a single door, and on-site customers will be required to leave their names and contact numbers to facilitate contact tracing by health authorities if necessary.
The contact information will be collected by means of customers scanning a QR code with their cellphones or writing their names and phone numbers on paper before entering the store, according to the company.
Customers will also be required to wear face masks and maintain social distancing while waiting in line to place or collect their orders, it said.
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McDonald's has also suspended all special events, including birthday parties, and has closed its play areas for children.
Carrefour has adopted similar measures, including the collection of contact information at its food courts and restaurants, and has adjusted its seating arrangements to allow for social distancing.
Food sampling has also been suspended at all Carrefour hypermarkets, and its premises are being disinfected hourly.
FOCUS TAIWAN adds, the four major convenience store chains in Taiwan -- Family Mart, 7-Eleven, and OK Mart -- have temporarily closed their public toilets and now require shoppers to wear masks on their premises, while social distancing is mandated for customers eating on-site.
Moreover, FOCUS TAIWAN says, the KTVs in New Taipei will be closed with effect from 2 a.m. May 13 until the city government lifts its ban on special entertainment businesses such as KTVs, dance halls, bars, saunas, nightclubs and game arcades, the two companies said.
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