SHOPPING centres have outlined how they plan to re-open next month and keep both staff and shoppers safe. 

Eastgate Shopping Centre, in Basildon, will spearhead measures including a one-way circulation route for shoppers, hundreds of two metre floor stickers, and hand sanitising stations.

Tactics will also include controlling the number of people in the shopping centre at any one time and the number of cars in its car park, restricting lifts to one shopper or one family at a time and additional cleaning throughout each day.

Staff shift patterns and rotas have also been organised so employees will only work in small teams.

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Eastgate manager Ian Clark said: “Having had four shops remain open we have useful experience plus a thorough plan for when more shoppers visit.

"The safety and wellbeing of our shoppers, the centre’s colleagues and our retailer’s staff remains our highest priority. We will follow the latest Public Health advice, including on topics such as face masks.”

Dennis Baldry, centre manager at the Victoria Shopping Centre, in Southend, said: “Most of our stores won’t re-open fully until June 15 - we will have a range of measures in readiness for this that will be put in place over the coming week to ensure the centre is able to operate safely and in accordance with the current regulations.”

The Royals Shopping Centre are expected to release their action plan in the near future.