Over the six-week period between March 29 and May 2, footfall to grocery stores and pharmacies in Ireland demonstrated the most dramatic decline on March 29, 2020, at 37 percent. This could be due to further domestic restrictions to staying at home that were implemented by the Irish government on March 27, 2020. Most recently, the week of May 2 saw a decrease in mobility of about 15 percent.
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Percentage change in grocery store and pharmacy mobility during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ireland in 2020*
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Percentage change in mobility compared to baseline
* Mobility trends for places like grocery markets, food warehouses, farmers markets, specialty food shops, drug stores,and pharmacies. Change compared to baseline, which the source explains as "the media value, for the corresponding day of the week, during the 5-week period Jan 3 - Feb 6, 2020."
Figures for preceding weeks are taken from the previous reports also published by the source.
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Google. (May 6, 2020). Percentage change in grocery store and pharmacy mobility during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ireland in 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114103/grocery-and-pharmacy-mobility-during-covid19-ireland/
Google. "Percentage change in grocery store and pharmacy mobility during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ireland in 2020*." Chart. May 6, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114103/grocery-and-pharmacy-mobility-during-covid19-ireland/
Google. (2020). Percentage change in grocery store and pharmacy mobility during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ireland in 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114103/grocery-and-pharmacy-mobility-during-covid19-ireland/
Google. "Percentage Change in Grocery Store and Pharmacy Mobility during The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic in Ireland in 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114103/grocery-and-pharmacy-mobility-during-covid19-ireland/
Google, Percentage change in grocery store and pharmacy mobility during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ireland in 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114103/grocery-and-pharmacy-mobility-during-covid19-ireland/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Percentage change in grocery store and pharmacy mobility during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ireland in 2020* [Graph], Google, May 6, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114103/grocery-and-pharmacy-mobility-during-covid19-ireland/
