,MATT: THE STORE WILL REMAIN
CLOSED UNTIL IT IS THOROUGHLY
CLEANED AND ALL EMPLOYEES HAVE
TO BE TESTED, APPROXIMATELY 400
OF THEM.
23 EMPLOYEES AT THE WALMART IN
WORCESTER HAVE NOW TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY, THE
SUPERCENTER LOCATION OFF ROUTE
146 HAS HAD A CLUSTER OF CASES
OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, BUT
THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN IN THE
LAST SEVEN DAYS.
>> THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
>> I WAS UPSET THAT THESE PEOPLE
GOT SICK IN HERE.
MATT: THE CUSTOMERS AND EVEN
EMPLOYEES WHO SHOWED UP AT THE
STORE THIS MORNING, WEREN’T EVEN
AWARE OF THE CLOSURES OR THE
COVID CASES.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON
BUT I JUST SAW ON THE INTERNET.
>> I COME TO WORK, I WEAR MY
MASK, I HAVE GLOVES.
MATT: BUT ACCORDING TO THE CITY,
WHEN HEALTH OFFICIALS INSPECTED
THE STORE ON TUESDAY, THEY FOUND
EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS NOT
WEARING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT.
>> MOST OF THEM HAD MASKS AND
STUFF BUT THAT VIRUS IS SERIOUS.
>> I WISH THEY HAD THEIR MASKS
AND I SAY WHAT’S ALL THESE
, PEOPLE COMING IN HERE WITHOUT
MASKS?
MATT: THE WORCESTER LOCATION
WILL NOT REOPEN UNTIL ALL
EMPLOYEES ARE TESTED AND THE
BUILDING IS THOROUGHLY CLEANED.
HOWEVER WALMART ALSO ANNOUNCED
, THEIR STORE IN ABINGTON IS
CLOSED ONLY UNTIL FRIDAY FOR
CLEANING BUT DID NOT PROVIDE
, SPECIFICS, INCLUDING IF ANY
EMPLOYEES THERE HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE, CITING PRIVACY
REASONS.
>> THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE A
LIVING AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY
DON’T KNOW WHETHER THERE’S A
SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THEM, SO YOU
KNOW, THEY’RE REALLY IN A TOUGH,
TOUGH SITUATION.
MATT: THE CITY IS ALSO TRYING TO
ASSESS THE POTENTIAL RISK TO
CUST
