1. a Shoppers Drug Mart team member in Oliver (5955 Main Street) has tested positive, and last worked Dec. 12.
2. a No Frills team member at Oliver Place Mall tested positive on a presumptive test for COVID-19. The last day the team member worked was on December 26.
In the opinion of this editor – this is very responsible behavior to report exposures.
Many tests (positive) go unreported to the public.
Thanks to those that made me aware of the Loblaw’s report site.
Shirley Zelinski says
To help you stay safe you should always be acting as if either you, or someone where your are doing business may be positive and not know it. I would not base my decision to enter a business on the knowledge that someone who works there recently tested positive. At this time any employee anywhere, or any customer, or you could be positive. Wear a mask, give yourself lots of room, and clean/disinfect your hands lots. Get tested if you have any symptoms. Take lots of care.
Debbie Donohue says
Why are we JUST finding out, OVER 21 days later, that there was an employee at Shoppers that tested positive and last worked on Dec 12 ????????? Has he/she taken a 3 week holiday from work and was just tested positive????? What’s the story behind ODN finding this out?….. officially from Shoppers, if so why did it take them so long to inform the public? If so this is SHAMEFUL of this company that “prides” itself on taking care of Canadians. Was there a notice posted as soon as the company was notified by the employee?? NONE of this BS about privacy either, Other companies do it without naming the employee.
I’m tired of being a mushroom (kept in the dark and fed crapola). I want to be informed. IH won’t tell you where it is, you have to depend on the socially “responsible” companies ( of which I highly doubt Shoppers is one) to inform you. With 13 deaths and a total of over 75 people testing positive , we as a community should be better informed
I am not fear mongering, in fact I’m not really afraid of this “pandemic that’s not a pandemic”…… I want to be better informed, so that I can make my own decisions and not be one of the sheep and afraid of my shadow…………
Publisher: Frustrating but I think you are missing the point. The company is not obligated to say anything like anyone person who tests positive anywhere. ODN is told things, checks them out and likes to see some corroboration before hanging my head out the window. Your inquiring should be directed to the government – not the media.
Lin Brian says
Thank you for keeping us up-to-date. We appreciate knowing where the cases are so we can make our best decisions to try to stay safe. Thanks to those who did make our publisher aware!