Toronto area Shoppers Drug Mart employees test positive for COVID-19

In the span of three days, four separate Shoppers Drug Mart locations scattered across the Toronto area have reported positive COVID-19 cases amongst employees.

According to parent company Loblaws Ltd., five employees from four locations in the GTA have tested positive for COVID-19 between April 6 to April 8:

On April 6, two employees at the 160 Main Street South location in Brampton tested positive for COVID-19. They had last worked on March 28 and April 1, respectively.
On April 7, an employee at the 70 Eglinton Square Boulevard location tested positive for COVID-19. They had last worked on March 30.
On April 7, an employee at the 1859 Leslie Street location tested positive for COVID-19. They had last worked on April 4.
On April 8, an employee at the 6579 Highway 7 East location in Markham tested positive for COVID-19. They had last worked on April 4.

Loblaws updates their coronavirus cases reported in stores by province within the last 15 days in an effort for transparency.

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“In addition, we have mandated that our staff and customers wear masks in Extra Foods, Fortinos, Maxi, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstores, and T&T stores across Canada,” said Loblaws.