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Stores staying open
CITY Pharmacy Ltd (CPL) chain of stores will remain open with key staff to work from home if the country goes into lockdown as a result of the coronavirus. Responding to questions from The National about its coronavirus preparedness, managing director Mahesh Patel said CPL was taking some measures but its stores would remain open.

Protective gear
THE United Nations Children’s Fund has handed over a shipment of personal protective equipment to the Department of Health to be used by health workers caring for Covid-19 patients in isolation.