By Mark Reynolds • Published: 16 Jan 2021 • 16:18
A Tesco store in the UK has closed its doors after a possible COVID death.
A Tesco Extra store on Chester road, Stretford, near Manchester, was closed today Saturday, January 16 due to what’s believed to be a Covid death within its staff.
The store has now been closed even though Tesco won’t confirm a covid death it’s understood at least 50 positive cases are linked to the store.
There has been a 35 per cent spike in Stretford’s infection rate recently due to the British strain.
It was uncertain at this time whether or not the store had closed out of respect for a deceased employee, local sources said. However, most of the positive cases in employees were still isolated in line with the current procedure.
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