Question: How can I safely run essential errands like going to the bank?

Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Running Essential Errands
section_headers: Banking
section_content: Bank online whenever possible

If you must visit the bank, use the drive-through ATM if one is available. Clean the ATM keyboard with a disinfecting wipe, if available, before you use it.
When you are done, use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds when you get home.
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This answers the question directly. This answer provides information and guidance on how to do banking transaction and activities safely during Covid-19 pandemic.
This only answers and addresses banking online, and not all essential errands that people do.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Running Essential Errands
section_headers: Shopping for food and other household essentials
section_content: Stay home if sick

Avoid shopping if you are sick or have symptoms of COVID-19, which include a fever, cough, or shortness of breath.

Order online or use curbside pickup

Order food and other items online for home delivery or curbside pickup (if possible).
Only visit the grocery store, or other stores selling household essentials, in person when you absolutely need to. This will limit your potential exposure to others and the virus that causes COVID-19.

Protect yourself while shopping

Stay at least 6 feet away from others while shopping and in lines.
Cover your mouth and nose with a cloth face covering when you have to go out in public.
When you do have to visit in person, go during hours when fewer people will be there (for example, early morning or late night).
If you are at higher risk for severe illness, find out if the store has special hours for people at higher risk. If they do, try to shop during those hours. People at higher risk for severe illness include adults 65 or older and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions.
Disinfect the shopping cart, use disinfecting wipes if available.
Do not touch your eyes, nose, or mouth.
If possible, use touchless payment (pay without touching money, a card, or a keypad). If you must handle money, a card, or use a keypad, use hand sanitizer right after paying.

Use hand sanitizer

After leaving the store, use hand sanitizer.

At home


When you get home, wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.


Follow food safety guidelines: clean, separate, cook, chill. There is no evidence that food or food packaging play a significant role in spreading the virus in the United States.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This information does not answer the question. This information is a guidance on how people can keep themselves and others safe while shopping and does not provide any information on how to safely run essential errands such as going to the bank.
While the question is answered in the provided answer above, it does not provide thorough information and gives general COVID-19 advice, rather than straight forward advice.

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Answer passage (source: CDC):
page_title: Running Essential Errands
section_headers: Getting gasoline
section_content: Use disinfecting wipes on handles or buttons before you touch them

Use disinfecting wipes on handles and buttons before you touch them (if available).
After fueling, use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds when you get home or somewhere with soap and water.


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This answer is irrelevant to the question. This answer provides information on how to safely refueling vehicle during covid-19 and the question is asking for information on how to safely going to the bank during Covid-19.
This is only one way to safely run essential errands, and the answer likely needs more than this to answer accurately.

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