“We must learn to live in this new situation. Not to be afraid of it, but to know how to look after ourselves and respect the rules we are given,” said Sue Caruana of Beauty Inc.

“Initiating these protocols in salons helps us provide an environment that is safe for the techs as well as the clients.”

In addition to perspex glass, nail salons will also be limiting the number of clients in the salon at a given time and will stick to strict appointment times to avoid overcrowding. An adequate amount of time will be left between each client to allow staff to clean and sterilize the area and the tools used.

Malta started easing its COVID-19 measures this week which included the reopening of some non-essential businesses. Nail salons are not one of them.

Nonetheless, nail salons around Malta have begun installing perspex glass to safeguard their workers and clients, including DB Nails.

“We are doing the most we can to protect ourselves and our clients,” said Dorielle Briffa from DB Nails.

“We are installing special perspex dividers on nail tech tables so that when we can open again, we will be prepared.”

“We are doing all we can to be professional, to be prepared, to be safe and to protect.”

The addition of perspex glass and heightened health and safety measures is expected to become the norm for most establishments, that is until a vaccine is found for the coronavirus.

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