Coronavirus: Confusion Over Shop Closures
According to the new government guidelines, with some exceptions, shops will have to be closed, and with the exception of private health care, services must be suspended from March 8-22. Some shops and associations, however, interpret the new decree in different ways.
The government measures on closures have been interpreted in two ways by chain stores and department stores that also work on the basis of online ordering. Some say that although they should be closed by law, if the product ordered online is handed out to the customer at the entrance, that does not count as opening hours. The other group has closed its doors to customers and only delivers to customers by delivery service or by using a self-pickup package machine.