Shop owners and staff have been busy re-arranging stock, displaying their wares and sprucing up their outlets in preparation for what they hope will be a ‘grand’ opening tomorrow, when they are finally allowed to welcome customers back into their premises.
April 26 marks a new phase for the lifting of measures designed to curb the spread of COVID-19, with restrictions already eased at schools, care homes for the elderly and for religious activities.
It is now the turn of ‘non-essential’ services – clothes shops, hairdressers, florists and so on – to get up and running again.
Groups of four will also be allowed in public – up from two – and four households can gather in private residences, also doubling from two.