“The majority of the public understand there is a standard of behaviour that has to be adhered to.
“There's been a good uptake of the new normal.”
Mr Shivnan said customers no longer had to enter singly, but each pharmacy's permitted number of customers allowed to shop simultaneously would depend on the size of the store.
His pharmacy may allow five or six customers in the store, including three sitting at well- spaced seats as they wait for prescriptions.
Social distancing remains and hand sanitiser would be available.
Ideally staff rather than customers would handle products and all pharmacies did deliveries.
People who felt unwell should remain at home.
Mr Shivnan said pharmacies preferred payments to be made by paywave as a first choice, or eftpos.
They were now accepting cash, but staff would use sanitiser if they had to handle cash.
Mr Shivnan said flu vaccines, now available to everyone aged 13 plus, were available at Bramwells Pharmacy, Gordon's Pharmacy, Pharmacy 53 and his own pharmacy.
Vaccines have been give out in record numbers this year.
