Coronavirus impacts convenience stores

More than just gas prices are now being affected by the novel coronavirus.

Prevent social gatherings.

The coronavirus having an effect on gas stations, and we're not just talking about the gas prices.

During your next visit you may see changes in the inside as well as the outside.

Kq2's ron johnson is live now at one of our local gas stations to explain, ron?

Yeah alan, good evening customers who frequent this city star gas station downtown say the changes on the inside of the store happened seemingly overnight.

But staff here health professionals say it's what we have to do to get through all of this.

<<ron johnson reporting the impacts of covid-19 are now being felt at gas stations um, it's kinda slowstation attendants at this local city star downtown said they've seen business take a dip over the past few weeks.they've also had to put new protocols in place in efforts to stop the spread of the virus we are going around the store wiping things down sanitizing customers also noticing some of the changes, the station's public restrooms are now closed and refills on soft drinks are now prohibited it's changed so much in the last couple of weeks and it's going to stay this way for awhile.

The covid-19 pandemic isn't showing signs of slowing down at least for now, because of this, gas station staff say they have to stay alert.

You know it seems to be an issue that's changing day-to-day minute to minute.

Area doctors are stressing the importance of people taking seriously because they say no one is immune.

It does affect everbody, and so its everybody's responsibility continue to do what we're asking what the public health guidance is asking of you.

Customers that one day, we all will get everything's changed you some its bad but its gonna be good its gonna as you've heard earlier the numbers of coronavirus cases as well as deaths across and country are going up and as long as that's happenin these restrictions and others like it probably wont' be going away.

In downtown st.

Joseph ron johnson kq2 news.

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