Calgary grocery store worker tests positive for COVID-19
Superstore's infected staffer comes day after case at No Frills in Okotoks
A grocery store in the city has announced that one of its employees has tested positive for COVID-19, the second such disclosure in the Calgary area in as many days.
The employee worked at the Real Canadian Superstore in the southeast community of McKenzie Towne, according to a Facebook post on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, a No Frills in Okotoks alerted the public it had an employee off sick for COVID-19, as well.
Both workers last were in their respective stores on April 11, store management said in Facebook posts, and they were informed of the diagnoses by their employees.
"We have a number of protocols in place at the store level, including daily sanitization and social distancing practices to minimize the risk of exposure to our customers and team members," the statements for each store said.
Store near nursing home outbreak
The Superstore, at 4700 130th Ave. S.E., is about 2.5 kilometres directly north of the nursing home with the highest number of deaths in Alberta. The McKenzie Towne continuing care facility has reported a total of 21 deaths from COVID-19.
According to Alberta Health figures from Tuesday, the Calgary southeast area has had 157 positive coronavirus cases.
The Okotoks store is known as Christine's No Frills, at 9 Sandstone Gates. In Okotoks, provincial figures reported 30 cases as of Tuesday.
The grocery stores, which are both subsidiaries of Loblaws Inc., were temporarily closed for thorough cleaning and have since reopened.
Alberta Health Services has issued a series of guidelines for grocery stores to follow during the pandemic. These include regular disinfecting, encouraging online shopping and physical distancing, and reserving the first hour of each day for seniors and high-risk shoppers.
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