Oxford Freshmarket temporarily closes Bluff store after employee contracts COVID-19
Oxford Freshmarket has confirmed that it has had to temporarily close it's Bluff store after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
Owner, Brett Latimer says the employee who appeared to have a cold came to work this week and expressed to a supervisor that she was not feeling well.
He says a supervisor immediately informed a manager who sent the employee who works as a teller to hospital.
"The young lady went to the Wentworth Hospital and had tested for coronavirus. We were informed yesterday afternoon, that she had tested positive for coronavirus," said Latimer.
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Latimer says the store was immediately closed and a deep clean happened overnight.
"There is a company that has come to fog the store this morning, and we have brought in a private lab to test all our staff in the store," said Latimer.
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