Walmart temporarily shut nearly 60 US stores for Covid-19 cleaning in December
In December, American multinational retail corporation "Walmart" has closed its 60 stores in different regions for COVID-19 cleaning.
CHICAGO, Walmart shut almost 60 stores in covid 19 hotspots to sanitize them against the virus as the new Omicron variant disrupts the retail industry.
Moreover, the Walmart stores in Texas and New Jersey were closed for cleaning and sanitizing them against the new variant.
One spokesperson told Reuters that "to present a safe and clean in-store environment for our associates and customers," as it is the largest retailer company in the US that has 4,700 US locations in total.
In addition, they have not commented yet about the effects of the closure.
However, at the start of the pandemic, they have adopted a policy of closing stores for fewer than two days to "get ahead" of the outbreak.
Moreover, the company's spokesperson said that "We've been closely monitoring our stores across the country,
making the decision to temporarily close locations on a store-by-store basis through a collection of market-related data,"
But he did not mention any corona case at the closed locations.
Moreover, they didn't mention whether the cause of closure is the increase in Corona cases in workers.
As there is an increase in the cases of the Corona Variant, Omicron, the leading retailers and restaurants, have been advised to be closed temporarily to avoid More outbreaks.
According to Reuters, Walmart and One Laurel and Maryland were also closed last week because there was an experience of coronaviruses cases in that community.
The closure of the stores has created some worries in the investors' minds.