An employee at a Real Canadian Superstore in Surrey has tested positive for COVID-19.
Loblaw Companies Limited tells Vancouver Is Awesome in an email that an employee at the Real Canadian Superstore located at 14650 104th Avenue recently tested positive on a presumptive test for COVID-19.
"We are working with the local public health team and have taken a number of steps to minimize risk, including increased sanitization protocols and enforcing social distancing practices in the store," writes Loblaw Public Relations.
After closing on Sunday, the company states that it arranged for additional cleaning last night and reopened Monday.
"Team members who worked closely with this individual are now at home in self-isolation, monitoring for any symptoms."
COVID-19 is spread by respiratory droplets when a person who is sick coughs or sneezes. It can also be spread when a healthy person touches an object or surface (e.g. a doorknob or a table) with the virus on it, and then touches their mouth, nose or eyes before washing their hands. Most people who get COVID-19 have only mild disease, but a few people can get very sick and may need to go to hospital. The symptoms of COVID-19 may include fatigue, loss of appetite, fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, loss of smell and/or diarrhea.
