STUDIOS IN BOSTON, WBZ NEWS AT
6:00 STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING
NEWS.
A QUINCY WALMART CLOSES
AFTER ONE WORKER DIED AND
SEVERAL OTHERS TESTED POSITIVE
FOR CORONAVIRUS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS A
CLUSTER OF CASES THAT'S BEEN
GROWING AT THAT STORE OVER THE
PAST WEEK.
THIS IS THE THIRD WALMART IN
THE AREA TO BE SHUT DOWN.
WBZ'S KATIE BRACE IS LIVE FOR
US IN QUINCY TONIGHT WITH THE
LATEST THERE.
KATIE?
Reporter: A STEADY STREAM
OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN
HEADING TO THE DOOR TO THE
QUINCY WALMART ONLY TO FIND OUT
THAT IT IS CLOSED BECAUSE OF
CORONAVIRUS.
10 EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE STORE
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-
19.
ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES, AN
ELDERLY WOMAN, HAS DIED.
NOW THE QUINCY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT TELLS US THEY
STARTED WATCHING THE STORE LAST
WEEK WHEN A CLUSTER WAS
DISCOVERED AND THAT WAS
DISCOVERED DUE TO CONTACT
TRACING.
THE STORE AS OF TODAY IS CLOSED
TEMPORARILY FOR CLEANING AND SO
ALL THE EMPLOYEES CAN BE
TESTED.
HERE'S WHAT THE QUINCY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HAD TO SAY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
STORE ALL LAST WEEK AND INTO
THIS WEEK REGARDING A CLUSTER
OF CASES.
WE AS OF TODAY THEY HAVE 11
POSITIVE EMPLOYEES AND NEAR NOT
ALL AT ONCE.
THESE WERE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE
POSITIVE AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
SOME HAVE ALREADY GONE BACK TO
WORK, BUT I FELT THAT BECAUSE
IT WAS A CLUSTER OF CASES, THAT
WE MIGHT NEED TO DO SOMETHING A
LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE.
Reporter: WALMART
VOLUNTARILY CLOSED THE STORE
LOCATION.
NOW THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER WAL-
MARTS LOCALLY THAT HAVE CLOSED
AS WELL DUE TO COVID-19 AND
THOSE ARE IN ABINGTON AND
