WE reported that supermarket chain Morrisons had refused to deny reports circulating online that a number of staff at one of its Oxfordshire stores had tested positive for Covid-19.

Posts shared on Facebook revealed that a group of colleagues at the store in Carterton had contracted the virus.

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We asked our readers whether they feel supermarkets are strict enough on social distancing and here is what you said.

Clare Bunce: “I have seen many families shopping together. I understand one adult and child, but not more than one adult or two adults together. All of this contributes to an overcrowded shop.”

Lisa Hannaby: “No they are not. Went yesterday to a supermarket - not Morrisons - it was chaos. Far too may people in the store, could not social distance at all.”

Jacky Savin: “I have seen lots of people who just collect a trolley and walk in. No spraying down and no hand sanitiser."

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James Butler: “No, they're not safe. I'd rather shop in the smaller shops where people actually act responsible, all the larger shops care about is profit. They don’t care about their staff and can’t control the shoppers in them.”

Tracy Jane Hambidge: “Staff have contracted the virus, probably through being at work. Do customers take ownership of their own well-being. Do they look and think, wow that’s a busy crowded store, maybe I will come back later?

"Do they give the staff personal space? Are they shopping as a group or alone? Have they come out for essential items or for crisps and a pizza because they didn’t want to cook? Buy a week's worth of shopping and stay home.

“We all have to take responsibility. Why should it be down to the stores? If we want to return to some normality then let’s use some common sense.”

Kerry-ann Roach: “We have to wear a mask for, let’s say an hour, to do our shopping once a week. The staff would have to wear their's for eight hours every day. We as customers do have a responsibility to ourselves and the staff to follow all of the signage, spacing etc.

"They aren’t exactly asking much from us. Just be patient and space out. If staff are working then ask if they can move back for you to get to a shelf, don’t just lean over them etc.”

Sarah Saunders: “No not at all. Schools are getting a lot of bad press for the spread of Covid-19, but I think supermarkets are much worse.

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“Since the bringing in of wearing masks, the one way systems and controlled numbers in supermarkets vanished. It’s now just a free for all with many not sanitising hands or baskets/trolleys.

"In the first lockdown there were staff in the doors ensuring this happened and that social distancing was in place. No social distancing at all now.”

Julie Davies: “No. They should go back to how it was during lockdown one - strict adherence to a one-way system and reduce the numbers allowed. I know most have a traffic light system but they are still allowing more shoppers in than in March.

“What is wrong with people? The stats show we are as bad as back then, if not worse.”

Leigh Butler: “No. I have been saying this for so long that supermarkets are more unsafe than pubs and restaurants. I genuinely don’t understand the Government's stance. Start queuing outside again. In this weather the lunacy would soon stop.”

Andrew Harvey: "Supermarkets are doing nothing to reduce the risks now and people go in there thinking they have immunity while shopping.”

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Marianne Matthews: “Lidl is one of the worst places to shop at the moment. They have all their bakery stuff out which people touch - even though tongs are provided there are lots of people handling the tongs.

“They never limit the amount of people in store and it’s absolutely impossible to maintain any kind of social distance.”

Julie Evans: “Supermarkets should be controlling the flow of people. Also making sure that sanitising products are freely available when entering and exiting the store."

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