Council set to visit shops in city to ensure Covid safety
OFFICIALS TAKE PROACTIVE APPROACH
HULL City Council officials will proactively visit shops and supermarkets to assess Covid-19 safety measures.
The pledge from the council comes as numerous supermarkets have come under fire for their lack of covid-safety in store.
The Mail investigated how well customers were complying with social distancing and safety rules during essential shopping trips.
It revealed that Asda Kingswood was particularly bad for not enforcing the rules, with shoppers branding the leading supermarket “a joke”.
Other visitors to the store said shoppers had been acting as though we were in “normal times” with little evidence of customers socialdistancing, despite Asda stating that they have been following guidelines and staff are doing a “fantastic job” to protect customer safety.
Hull City Council has now said, despite not being able to comment on specific stores, that they plan to investigate complaints or concerns regarding Covid-19 safety and practices in the workplace, including shops and supermarkets.
Officials will also undertake
“proactive visits to shops and supermarkets to assess covid safety measures they have in place.”
They say if the visits identify that improvements are necessary, the council will begin work with the supermarket to implement changes.
Khaled Choudhury, principal environmental health officer at Hull City Council, said: “Our Public Protection Team and Council marshals work with local businesses to provide support and advice on how to operate safely and legally during the pandemic.
“We have regularly communicated changes to restrictions and guidance, as well as information on relevant support.
“Broadly, the council continues to undertake an extremely comprehensive project to communicate all aspects of Covid safety and any changes and updates to restrictions.
“This has included, but is not limited to: print and online adverts; targeted social media; direct communications including a letter and two issues of Love Hull magazine to every home in Hull; on-street messaging in key public spaces; regular news stories providing financial and media interviews with all local media; communications in multiple languages; banners and posters at schools and supermarkets; multiple daily messages on all social media channels; regular emails to businesses; regular updates to our main website and news site; digital and on-street posters throughout the city; adverts on buses and more.
“In addition to sharing all government messaging, we have developed Hull-specific work focusing on key messages including social distancing, testing and isolation.”