Over 80 percent of Canadian survey respondents stated that they used extra hand sanitizer when grocery shopping due to the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020. A further 42 percent of respondents claimed to wipe down their groceries with disinfectant when they returned home as a precautionary measure.
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Extra precautions taken by grocery shoppers due to the coronavirus pandemic in Canada as of April 2020
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Dalhousie University. (May 4, 2020). Extra precautions taken by grocery shoppers due to the coronavirus pandemic in Canada as of April 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121890/coronavirus-new-grocery-shopping-habits-canada/
Dalhousie University. "Extra precautions taken by grocery shoppers due to the coronavirus pandemic in Canada as of April 2020." Chart. May 4, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121890/coronavirus-new-grocery-shopping-habits-canada/
Dalhousie University. (2020). Extra precautions taken by grocery shoppers due to the coronavirus pandemic in Canada as of April 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121890/coronavirus-new-grocery-shopping-habits-canada/
Dalhousie University. "Extra Precautions Taken by Grocery Shoppers Due to The Coronavirus Pandemic in Canada as of April 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121890/coronavirus-new-grocery-shopping-habits-canada/
Dalhousie University, Extra precautions taken by grocery shoppers due to the coronavirus pandemic in Canada as of April 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121890/coronavirus-new-grocery-shopping-habits-canada/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Extra precautions taken by grocery shoppers due to the coronavirus pandemic in Canada as of April 2020 [Graph], Dalhousie University, May 4, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1121890/coronavirus-new-grocery-shopping-habits-canada/