The COVID-19 pandemic

[ijmorlan]

I don’t know about WalMart, but I know some stores block of some areas on holidays so their remaining area is under the maximum for a store to be open on holidays. I was at a Shoppers’ Drug Mart when this was happening and I wondered whether a violation would occur if I reached through or over the barrier to reach an item in the closed area.

So there is definitely precedent for closing parts of a store.