COVID-19 infection is spreading among Maxima employees: seven more people have been infected



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Representatives of the Maxima retail chain note that they are currently unaware that more colleagues in the same Maxima stores and its divisions experience symptoms of COVID-19 infection. Disinfection has been carried out in businesses where workers infected with coronavirus have worked.

“With the rapid spread of COVID-19 diseases in the country, we are registering more and more cases among our employees. Coronavir was detected in seven more Maxima employees yesterday. They are treated at home. Employees who had potentially close contact with colleagues with COVID-19 were isolated. Store facilities and other units where coronavirus-infected workers worked have also been fully cleaned and disinfected internally. We are consulting with the National Center for Public Health and taking all recommended preventive actions that would help prevent the spread of COVID-19 diseases, ”the report cites Ernesta Dapkienė, Director of the Department of Communication and Image of the Maxima retail chain.

An employee of the Maxima XX store in the BIG Vilnius supermarket infected with coronavirus has been self-employed since last Tuesday, October 20, when her colleague fell ill with COVID-19. The COVID-19 infection case was also detected in another Maxima X store in Vilnius, Gedvydžių str. 17, employees. You last visited the workplace on Tuesday, October 20. He had no close contacts.

An employee of a food production workshop in Vilnius, who was diagnosed with COVID-19, last visited the workplace on October 26. He underwent a COVID-19 test on October 28. Four colleagues who were in close contact became isolated.

The Maxima X stores located in Kėdainiai, S. Dariaus and S. Girėno str. 50A, the employee last visited her workplace on October 26. He underwent a COVID-19 test on October 28. He had no close contacts.

Maxima XXX stores in Marijampolė, V. Kudirkos str. 3, the employee was at work almost two weeks ago, on October 18. He may have been in contact with three colleagues who were isolated by themselves.
Shops Švenčionys Maxima X, Vilniaus st. 37, a worker diagnosed with coronavirus was at work for the last time on October 24. A colleague who may have been in contact with an infected COVID-19 was isolated.

The COVID-19 infection was also detected in another employee in Joniškis, where more illnesses were recorded. As of Thursday, additional measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have been introduced at the Maxima XX store in Joniškis. Store opening hours are shortened, customer flow is more strictly limited, and customers are served only by employees who have COVID-19 prophylactic experience and have negative results. In order to reduce the flow of customers, this store temporarily does not provide public services and ticketing services.

Maxima stores and other locations where employees with COVID-19 were sick were disinfected.

According to Maxima, a total of 59 Maxima workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 infection since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, of whom 24 have fully recovered and returned to work. To date, 931 Maxima employees have been investigated for COVID-19. Currently, the test responses of 69 employees are still pending.

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