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CLASSIFIED Saturday 21 March 2020
Stores set up senior shopping HEALTH

hours amid coronavirus fears CASA DEL MAR 2BR/2B DOCTOR ON DUTY
Oranjestad
Weeks 7&8/1408 (18k/Wk.); Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
By DENISE LAVOIE Week 8/1113; 8/1409 (17k/Wk.); Tel. 527 4000
Associated Press Week 9/1218 (15k); San Nicolas
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As Week 10/1207 (15k); IMSAN 24 Hours
Weeks 11&12/1419 (13k/Wk.);
senior citizens deal with Tel.524 8833
anxiety about the corona- Week 13/1509 (13k); Women in Difficulties
Week 14/1308 (13k);
virus, grocery store chains PHARMACY ON DUTY
and other retailers have Week 15/1217 (10k).
Weeks 1-6 also available!
come up with a way to Oranjestad:
Sta. Cruz Tel. 585 6890
ease their fears: shopping cdMOwner@gmail.com San Nicolas:
u.S. (860)992-3890
times reserved exclusively Seroe Preto Tel. 584 4853
for them. ________________________________212588 Women in Difficulties
Target, Whole Foods, OTHER
Walmart and Dollar Gener- Dental Clinic 587 9850
al, as well as supermarkets Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
in Europe, began dedicat- Urgent Care 586 0448
ing early morning shopping Shoppers wait in line to enter a Stop & Shop supermarket during Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
+297 588 0539
times for older customers hours open daily only for seniors Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Women in Difficulties
this week. The theory is that North Providence, R.I. EMERGENCY
allowing seniors to shop Associated Press Police 100
among smaller crowds Oranjestad 527 3140
could reduce their chanc- gering the days they shop hour early every Wednes- Noord 527 3200
es of acquiring the virus "to ensure a less crowded day for shoppers over 65. Sta. Cruz 527 2900
and give them first crack at environment. as well as for And Sainsbury's, one of the San Nicolas 584 5000
buying hand sanitizer and everyone to exercise cau- largest supermarket chains Police Tipline 11141
other products that have tion and social distancing in the United Kingdom, Ambulancia 911
115
Fire Dept.
been hard to find because while shopping." reserved the first hour of Red Cross 582 2219
of panic shopping. Ernest Hodge, 72, had a shopping in its stores Thurs-
The idea seems to have much smoother experi- day for elderly and other TAXI SERVICES
worked well in smaller shops ence at a Dollar General vulnerable customers. Taxi Tas 587 5900
but backfired in some larg- store just north of Rich- Jim Gibson, 72, from Croft- Prof. Taxi 588 0035
er stores, where big crowds mond. Hodge showed up on Park, southeast London, Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
made "social distancing" at 8 a.m. sharp Wednes- went to his local superstore Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
difficult. day, wearing a face mask in Bell Green, where he said A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
"If you didn't have corona- and blue rubber gloves to he had a "relatively trauma- Women in Difficulties
virus before you got there, protect himself. He was free" experience except for TRAVEL INFO
you probably do now," able to shop among just the fact that some younger Aruba Airport 524 2424
said Roger Glenn Miller, 82, a half-dozen other seniors shoppers appeared to ig- American Airlines 582 2700
after he showed up Thurs- and got most of what he nore the request to reserve Avianca 588 0059
day morning at a Stop & needed, including disin- the hour for senior citizens. Jet Blue 588 2244
Shop grocery store in North fecting wipes, spray clean- Most of the products he Surinam 582 7896
Providence, Rhode Island, er and bottled water. was looking for were there,
along with about 200 other Hodge said he was happy though many canned Women in Difficulties
seniors. when he heard about the items were "leaping off the CRUISES
Don Gregson, 81, had a special shopping hours be- shelves" and he couldn't
similar experience at the cause he is trying to limit his get the medicines that he
same Stop & Shop. Greg- exposure to people. and his 73-year-old wife
son said he expected to "I get off work, I go home. want "for love or money."
shop with a small group of I don't come out again un- For most people, the new
seniors but instead found less it's a must," he said. coronavirus causes only
aisles crowded with peo- Dollar General is reserving mild or moderate symp-
ple. the first hour of shopping toms, such as fever and
When he saw the num- every day for seniors at its cough. For some, especial- Women in Difficulties
ber of people in the store, more than 16,000 stores. ly older adults and people AID FOUNDATIONS
Gregson slipped on a sur- Target has set aside an hour with existing health prob- FAVI- Visually Impaired
gical mask he carries in every Wednesday morning lems, it can cause more se- Tel. 582 5051
his pocket, then bought 4 for vulnerable shoppers, vere illness, including pneu- Alcoholics Anonymous
gallons (15 liters) of distilled including the elderly and monia. The vast majority of Tel. 736 2952
water for the machine he those with underlying med- Narcotics Anonymous
needs for sleep apnea. ical conditions. Walmart EAGLE ARUBA RESORT Tel. 583 8989
"I'm sure they were trying said it will host an hourlong week 1,2,3,4+5,6 Women in Difficulties
to do the right thing, but "senior shopping event" 1 Br 1st floor $6500 Tel. 583 5400
somehow the planning every Tuesday for custom- Paradise Beach Centre for Diabetes
went astray," he said. ers 60 and older, one hour week 50 Studio $4000 each Tel. 524 8888
The Massachusetts-based before stores open to the 2 Br wk 51-52 $15000 each Child Abuse Prevention
Tel. 582 4433
chain, which is offering the general public. home 1518 537 6406
special shopping time for In South Africa, the super- cel. 1518 965 7878 Quota Club Tel. 525 2672
Women in Difficulties
seniors every day, said in a market chain Pick n Pay after February 15, 2020 General Info
statement that it is asking its said this week that it will desankabubnjevic3@gmail.com
customers to consider stag- open all its markets an ________________________________212406 Phone Directory Tel. 118