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Walmart Will Require Shoppers To Wear Masks; Other Retailers Urged To Follow

Walmart and Sam's Club join a growing list of retailers to make masks mandatory in stores. The National Retail Federation is urging all stores to adopt the same policy.
Walmart and Sam's Club will begin requiring shoppers to wear masks inside their stores on Monday.

Walmart says shoppers must wear masks inside its stores starting Monday — the largest retailer to join a growling list of companies making face covering mandatory across the nation.

Walmart and Sam's Club, , and others in implementing a nationwide requirement for customers to wear masks inside their stores. Walmart said it's creating a new job of "health ambassador," who will be specially trained to "work with customers who show up at a store without a face covering to try and find a solution."

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