Shoppers Drug Mart employees test positive for coronavirus on presumptive tests in Metro Vancouver

Loblaw Companies International has confirmed that employees working at Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Metro Vancouver have tested positive on presumptive tests for COVID-19.

On September 9, the company reported that an employee working at the Shoppers Drug Mart at 610 6th Street in New Westminster tested positive on a presumptive test. The affected individual last worked on September 2.

Another team member working at the Shoppers Drug Mart at 403 Hastings Street in Burnaby also tested positive on a presumptive test. This employee last worked on September 2.

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On Tuesday, BC health officials announced 429 new coronavirus cases, a number that included Friday to Monday of the long weekend.