Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads Across Silver Lake Whole Foods
Officials are urging customers of a busy Silver Lake Whole Foods 365 grocery store to get tested for COVID-19 after multiple employees tested positive.
According to the Los Feliz Ledger, the Amazon-owned Whole Foods brand confirmed the news of the outbreak to Business Insider, adding that they are “working closely with our store team members, and are supporting the diagnosed team members who are in quarantine.”
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“Out of an abundance of caution, the store has performed a professional deep cleaning and disinfection, on top of our current enhanced sanitation measures.”
The shocking news comes on the same day the county announced that it had reached its highest single-day case count for the Coronavirus and a high single-day death count, with 4,244 new cases, 2,103 people currently hospitalized and 73 people dead.
Silver Lake’s busy Whole Foods 365 has confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak amongst an unknown number of staff members, but remains open at this time. https://t.co/2wLBO2dpt2 pic.twitter.com/BaP9HIdxhD
— Eater LA (@eaterla) July 16, 2020
After interviewing four workers at the Whole Foods Berkeley location, I learned there’s been 5 confirmed COVID cases since June 2, and that workers don’t feel safe about how the store deals with and disseminates information about COVID. My report: https://t.co/i6QOfIx3aR
— Zack Haber (@ZZZZZZZZZZZack) July 16, 2020