Staff at a major Burnaby grocery have tested positive for COVID-19.
New confirmed virus cases have been announced for people working at stores across the Lower Mainland.
Sobeys, Inc, the parent company of Safeway and franchisor of FreshCo, has indicated on its case tracker that employees working at several of its stores have confirmed testing positive.
This includes the Safeway store at Kensington shopping centre at 6564 Hastings St. The last day the employee worked was Nov. 20.
This follows a staff member testing positive for COVID-19 at the Real Canadian Superstore outlet at Metropolis at Metrotown. The Burnaby Shopping club on Kingsway also dealt with a positive case in November.
For Sobeys, these other stores are affected:
- Safeway, 1766 Robson Street, Vancouver: The last day the employee worked was November 18.
- FreshCo, 7165, 138 Street, Surrey: The last day the employee worked was November 18.
- Safeway, 2101 Lahn Avenue, Vancouver: The last day the employee worked was November 24.
- Safeway, 1780 East Broadway, Vancouver: The last day the employee worked was November 19.
Loblaw Companies Ltd, the parent company of the No Frills and Real Canadian Superstore chains provided an update to its COVID-19 employee case listings on Nov. 28 and 29.
The following stores are affected in the Metro Vancouver region:
- Real Canadian Superstore, 14650 104th Ave, Surrey: The last day the team member worked was on November 24.
- Real Canadian Superstore, 8195 120th Street, Delta: The last day the team member worked was on November 24.
- Joti's No Frills, 310 West Broadway, Vancouver: The last day the team member worked was on November 23
- Real Canadian Superstore, 2332 160th Street, Surrey: The last day the team members worked were on November 18 and November 21.
As the number of new cases continues to climb in B.C., the province currently has a higher per capita rate of active cases than Canada's two most populous provinces, Ontario and Quebec.
— With files from Lindsay William-Ross, Vancouver is Awesome
