Nationwide shutdown of all Woolworths stores for a mega restock
Daily MailColes and Woolworths have announced huge changes to combat coronavirus panic buying. Coles and Woolworths have announced huge changes to combat coronavirus panic buying Around 1,000 Woolworths stores will shut at 8pm and re-open at 7am on Thursday. Pictured: Shoppers queue up before opening Shelves have been left bare around the country as people rush to stockpile food 'We want to slow the panic down,' Woolworths managing director Claire Peters said. CORONAVIRUS CASES IN AUSTRALIA: 27,244 Victoria: 20,269 New South Wales: 4,273 Queensland: 1,161 Western Australia: 692 South Australia: 473 Tasmania: 230 Australian Capital Territory: 113 Northern Territory: 33 TOTAL CASES: 27,244 ESTIMATED ACTIVE CASES: 269 DEATHS: 897 Updated: 5.31 PM, 11 October, 2020 Source: Australian Government Department of Health Most of its 995 stores across the nation will open to the vulnerable exclusively from 7am to 8am, starting Tuesday until at least Friday. Most of Woolworths' 995 stores across the nation will open to the vulnerable exclusively from 7am to 8am, starting Tuesday until at least Friday 'Our stores will also apply common sense when it comes to other customers with extenuating circumstances, such as carers and those with specific medical needs.
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