Employee at east Hamilton Metro tests positive for COVID-19

An employee at a Metro grocery store in the city's east end has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the store's parent company.

The company was notified Sunday that a staff member at the Metro Rosedale at 1900 King St. E. had tested positive for the virus, according to their COVID-19 case tracker.

The worker's last shift was on Jan. 2.

According to Metro, when a case is reported in their stores, a deep clean" is performed at the location out of an abundance of caution."

It's unclear if any other staff members were affected by the case or were recommended to self-isolate as a precaution. The database doesn't specify which part of the store the employee worked in.

Fallon Hewitt is a Hamilton-based reporter at The Spectator. Reach her via email: fhewitt@thespec.com