DEERFIELD, Ill.— T0 keep customers and employees safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Walgreens is in the process of installing protective plastic shields in its stores chain-wide, with priority being given to their stores in the most impacted areas of the country.  The retailer said it is working as quickly as possible to complete the installation across all of  their stores.

“While we have taken additional measures to encourage social distancing, these barriers may help reduce or eliminate virus exposure (per CDC recommendations) in places where proper social distancing is not possible, such as at point of sale. They will be in place for both our front-end and pharmacy registers nationwide.  This is one of our many efforts to help ensure the health and safety of our team members, customers and patients, and to align with CDC guidelines and recommendations,” said the company in a statement.