State Trading Organization STO Supermarket and wholesale center have opened for walk-in customers today as the government looks to ease the lockdown measures currently in place in the Male’ Area.

In a tweet, STO said its supermarket would open from 9 am to 3 pm and 4 pm to 9 pm every day of the week except for Friday.

STO also said that its wholesale center would open from 9 am to 5 pm each day of the week except Fridays.

STO urged its customers to be mindful of physical distancing and follow instructions from authorities while shopping.

Earlier in the lockdown, STO had delivered essential goods to its customers for orders placed its e-STOre online platform. But it had stopped these deliveries on the 9th of this month and made only wholesale deliveries.