Employees at multiple home improvement stores on Vancouver Island have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to their employer.
Lowe’s Canada, in a series of information bulletins posted on their website, says employees working at their Victoria, Langford, Nanaimo and Cobble Hill locations have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days.
“We take each confirmed case of COVID-19 infection among our associates extremely seriously. To ensure the health and safety of our associates and customers, we rigorously apply public health authorities’ recommendations and guidelines,” the company said in a statement on its website.
Lowe’s is the parent company of Rona and does not disclose when their employees tested positive but instead discloses when they were informed of the positive test.
“Associates identified as having been in close contact with the infected associate are put on preventive paid quarantine at home. We also communicate with our customers to inform them of the situation and let them know of action taken in response to it,” the company says on its website.
Lowe’s Victoria
An employee working at the Lowe’s store on 3170 Tillicum Rd., recently tested positive for COVID-19, according to a Jan. 12 entry on the company website. That employee’s last day worked was Jan. 6.
Lowe’s Langford
According to the company website, an employee at Lowe’s Langford recently tested positive. That employee’s last day worked was Jan. 17.
Lowe’s Nanaimo
An employee working at the Lowe’s Nanaimo store, located on 4750 Rutherford Rd., recently tested positive for the virus, according to a Jan. 17 entry on the company’s website. That employee’s last day worked was Jan. 12.
Rona Cobble Hill
According to a Jan. 18 update on the company website, an employee at Rona Cobble Hill, 3730 Trans-Canada Hwy., recently tested positive for the virus. The employee’s last day worked was Jan. 12.
Rona Nanaimo
An employee working at their Rona Nanaimo store, located on 1250 Island Hwy., near Southgate Shopping Centre, recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a Jan. 10 entry on the Lowe’s Canada website. The employee’s last day worked was Jan. 6.
Lowe’s Canada, which has more than 400 stores nationwide, is among the last remaining large corporations operating in B.C. — the other being Sobey’s which owns Thrifty Food’s — that continues to publicly report positive cases among its employees on its website.
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