GEORGE NEWS - The Shoprite Group confirmed today that Checkers at St George's Square (Paddagat) was closed after an employee tested positive for Covid-19.
A spokesperson for Shoprite/Checkers, says they always consider closing a store before waiting for authorities’ instruction to do so, taking into consideration when last an employee was at work.
“We brought in a professional decontamination company to sanitise and deep clean this store.”
George Herald was told that the store will reopen tomorrow, Wednesday 17 June, after a health inspector gave the go ahead, but according to readers, the store was already open today.
A mobile clinic was at Checkers today, where workers were screened for Covid-19.
Employees complained to George Herald that they only got screened today: “The nurse did not show up yesterday, so we had to go back today.” They told George Herald it was shared with them on Saturday that the employee tested positive.
Read more in Thursday's George Herald, and online.
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