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Two businesses closed after positive COVID cases

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Two more businesses in Barbados closed on Saturday after a member of staff tested positive for COVID-19.

Management of Shopsmart at Six Road, St Philip and Solo Trading, Black Rock, St Michael, both posted notices of the positive cases and said they contacted the COVID Monitoring Unit.

In the case of Shopsmart, the store will be sanitised during the closure and contact tracing will commence.

Solo said the staff member had not been at work since last Saturday and the store was closed for assessment, contact tracing and sanitizing. (SAT)

 

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