Best Buy to require customers to wear face masks
This Monday, May 22, 2017, file photo shows a Best Buy sign at a store in Hialeah, Fla. Best Buy said it will no longer sell software made by the Russian company Kaspersky Labs.[AP/Alan Diaz, File]
Best Buy announced Tuesday that it will require customers to wear face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The policy will go into effect on July 15.
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The company said the requirement "will help protect not only our shoppers and communities, but also the tens of thousands of Best Buy employees working to serve our customers each day."
Best Buy said it will provide a face covering to customers that don’t have one. Small children and those unable to wear a mask due to health reasons will be able to enter stores without a mask.