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Grocery checkout lane can pose biggest risk for virus exposure

Posted at 1:38 PM, May 02, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-02 19:31:31-04

NEVADA (KTNV) — An epidemiologist with the University of California says the checkout lane is an area of a grocery store that has the highest virus exposure risk.

Customers and cashiers usually stand near one another while handling the products.

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Currently, some of the largest retailers have put up sneeze guards and provided masks for workers.

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