Swiss shops reopen as virus restrictions eased

(27 Apr 2020) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY
  

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Geneva -27 April 2020
1. Wide of Geneva Garden Store
2. Mid sign in French that translates as: "Your 'Do it + Garden' is Open!"
3. Wide of shoppers Jean Blondel and Thibaut Gallea in parking lot with flowers
4. Mid shoppers
5. Mid of Gallea describing purchases
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean Blondel, Shopper:
"It keeps us busy," followed by Thibaut Gallea, shopper: "We're spending more time at home, so it's important to have a really beautiful balcony."
7. Wide of queue for shoppers
8. Mid of queue
9. Wide of queue
10. Mid of Edgard Gindrat, shopper, loading car
11. SOUNDBITE (French) Edgard Gindrat, Shopper:
"It's urgent because we'd like to prepare our garden, so if we come quickly, the faster it will grow."
12. Mid of Gindrat speaking with woman
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Edgard Gindrat, Shopper:
"No, I'm not worried. I'm cautious. I take care. I respect the rules, and in my opinion, everything is fine."
14. Wide of barber shop
15. Close of man getting hair cut
16. Wide of people waiting outside veterinary office
17. Close veterinary office sign
STORYLINE:
Businesses including hair salons, tattoo parlours, veterinarians' offices and garden shops began reopening across Switzerland on Monday, as part of a multi-tiered reopening as the Alpine country gradually eased restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Swiss authorities laid out requirements, such as that businesses provide individual clients an average of at least 10 square meters (yards) in their shops and offices, set up queuing outside their buildings and regularly clean their equipment and surfaces.
Service-providers like barbers and masseurs who come within two meters (yards) of customers were advised to wear masks and transparent-plastic face screens, and wash or disinfect hands before and after each client.   
Pet-owners were expected to drop off their furry, feathered and scaly friends outside the vet offices, only to pick them up after the visits are over.
Long-lines snaked outside large garden shops and hardware stores in some areas as the easing took place on Monday.
For weeks, Swiss authorities have forced the closure of all "non-essential" shops and services, but allowing pharmacies and grocery stores to remain open.
Schools and a wider array of businesses are to resume operations on May 11, followed by a vastly expanded reopening on June 8.
No date has been set for the resumption of large gatherings such as sporting events and concerts.
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