The T&T Asian grocery store chain is grappling with multiple COVID-19 cases at its local stores.
A backroom worker at the grocer’s Metropolis at Metrotown location in Burnaby has been flagged for a positive COVID-19 test on Nov. 30, and had last worked at the store on Nov. 26.
The company says it is now taking swift action to deal with this and other cases at its stores.
This follows another grocery store at Metropolis at Metrotown seeing a COVID-19 case with staff. The Real Canadian Superstore recently announced a case involving one of its workers. The last day the team member worked was on Nov. 22, according to a new posting on the company’s COVID-19 track page.
The T&T store at Coquitlam Centre has reported a fourth case of COVID-19 among its staff in just over a week, prompting the store to shut its doors while it sanitizes.
The exposure notification, released Dec. 1, indicates the employee at the Coquitlam Centre T&T Supermarket who tested positive for the virus last worked Nov. 21. Since then, that person has remained in quarantine, according to a notification on the store’s website.
“The virus situation at the Coquitlam store is unsettling, so we are determined to stamp it out,” said T&T CEO Tina Lee in a written statement. “It’s time for our Coquitlam store staff to take a break, and for the company to take even stronger measures.”
The store shut its doors Wednesday, Dec. 2, and will remain closed until Saturday, Dec. 5, while it undergoes a “deep sanitization.”
“This allows time for all staff to get tested, and for any potential infectious virus particles on surfaces to dissipate,” added Lee.
According to the company, the store’s COVID-19 test positivity rate was at 0.31% on Dec. 2. By comparison, as of Monday, Dec. 1, the entire region of Fraser Health — which includes the Tri-Cities — had a positivity rate of 8.4%.
- With files from Stefan Labbe, Tri-City News
