UPDATE: Oakville Metro location temporarily shut down after fourth employee tests positive for COVID-19
Published May 1, 2020 at 11:08 pm
Your shopping trip at Metro may have to wait until later this weekend.
Your shopping trip at Metro may have to wait until later this weekend.
The Metro location on Upper Middle Road in Oakville has been temporarily shut down after a fourth employee tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today (Friday, May 1).
It was reported earlier that three of the store’s employees tested positive for the virus within the span of a week: One on April 23, one on April 25 and the third on April 29.
Metro communications manager Stephanie Bonk confirmed that Metro decided to temporarily close the location as a precaution.
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According to Bonk, the store will undergo a thorough electrostatic cleaning on Saturday, May 2 and is set to reopen to the public at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 3.
While not mandated by a governing body, Metro publishes all positive in-store COVID-19 cases in Ontario and Quebec on its corporate website.
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