retailer patrick ins up in near the french border is only allowing 15 people at a time into his shop he's had to improvise a plan to keep everyone safe. we have put a bill at the door each customer rings the bell and then we let them in if possible otherwise they'll have to wait for perhaps 10 to 15 minutes we put a table in a chair outside the customer can sit in the sun and read a magazine while they wait. by the time i took that as a hobby i unlike in other states in star land shops with over 800 square meters of sale space can open if they're divided into separate areas meaning big department stores can return to business to insects and the cloth facemasks are required in shops and on public transport the very end i have followed suit mass will soon be mandatory there too the lack of a single set of rules for all of germany has a retail. i would like to see standard rules for retailers across the whole country and i would prefer the rules to be implemented immediately in the different states that. germany's retailers are optimistic as they emerge from the lockdown as they wait fo

reopened at last retailer patrick cuellar in brooklyn near the french border can finally do business again but he's had to improvise a plan to keep everyone safe he's only allowing 15 people at a time into his shop. door each customer rings the bell and then we left the mean if possible otherwise they'll need to wait for perhaps 10 or 15 minutes we put a table and chair outside the custom a can sit in the sun and read a magazine while they wait. everyone has their own approach for instance to counting customers some germans are irritated by the different rules in the different states in silent shops with more than 800 square meters of sales space can open if they keep different areas separate that means big department stores can operate in saxony customers are required to wear a mask and to date bavaria has followed suit at 1st masks are recommended for next week they'll be a requirement to wear them in shops and on public transport. or. up next travel next week if a male friend knows coverings will be required it's important to distinguish between the so-called community mosques and

patrick's day. and that was dangerous and that was a contagion ready to happen. so i think that was the right thing to do. as i described in some of the retail, we're keeping it going to degree to which people don't have to go in the store, and socially interact. >> so, for example, gun stores you have kept open, but they are by appointment only. >> that's right. safety person, youest gun but i wanted not to get into the politics of that right now. i want to do everything based on public safety. but there were people ganging into the gun stores because they thought, "hey, somebody is going tos shut these thiwn." so we closed them down except for by appointment.d at's taking care of the public health risk. >> i know, governor, that you were a small business owner yourself beforeou went into politics. what is your view of how much the federal government's $2 trillion cares package went towards assisting the small businesses in connecticut who are reallyaking the brunt of this crisis? >> they started off on the wrong track. they're going to give people the income tax credior payroll tax cut. these small businesses, you know, in part, thanks to

retailers selling out. common household items have been flying off store shelves during this coronavirus crises and some of those shelves might be bare a while longer. syracuse university supply chain management professor patricke adjusting their strategies. >> panic buying is what occurred so people just bought en masse. >> reporter: cleaning supplies have been in high demand and at times hard to come by as americans try to protect themrovirus. now shortages for things like disinfectants and anti-bacterial wipes are expected to continue well into the summer. >> you know, lysol, a lot of manufacturers, they get ingredients from china and then china had some issues in regards to the coronavirus and so what we're seeing is this disruption that's happening throughout the supply chain. >> reporter: but penfield says expect better luck this week with toilet paper and paper towels. americans went on a panibuyispr toilet paper and paper towels are made right here in the u.s. and manufacturers ramped up production. charmin tells us their production facility at the moment looks about the same as this, saying in a statement to abc news, we are producing and shipping charmin at record high levels. demand continues to out