Malls, barber shops and beauty salons reopen across Turkey

Published May 12, 2020
Hairdresser Oguz Kutlu gives hair treatment to his customer Elena Kuznetsova, both wearing protective masks, on the first day of the reopening of his hair salon which was closed since March 21 amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Istanbul on Monday.—Reuters
Hairdresser Oguz Kutlu gives hair treatment to his customer Elena Kuznetsova, both wearing protective masks, on the first day of the reopening of his hair salon which was closed since March 21 amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Istanbul on Monday.—Reuters

ANKARA: Lines formed outside of shopping malls on Monday in Turkey as they opened for the first time in seven weeks, albeit with strict hygiene requirements.

Barbers, hairdressers and beauty salons also were back in business as the Turkish government gradually eases the restrictions on public activity it enacted to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

The government has laid out strict operating guidelines for reopened businesses. Shopping malls must check entering customers for fevers and ensure everyone wears face masks. The number of customers allowed in at once is capped under a formula of one person per every 10 square metres of floor space.

Providers of personal services such as hairdressers and barbers are required to work only by appointment, to wear both surgical masks and transparent plastic face screens, and to use disposable towels and other single-use supplies.

Private broadcaster HaberTurk TV showed municipal officials in Istanbul inspecting hair salons to make sure the shops were following the new regulations.

Today is the barbers and hairdressers day, state-run Anadolu Agency quoted Sezai Apaydin, the head of an association for beauty salons in Izmir, western Turkey, as saying. They suffered hardship for 50 days.

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2020

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