Maurice Labrecque was also the first to meet the staff. He was there around 6 a.m. on Saturday morning. He is a Costco customer in Lebourgneuf, he went there around August 4th.
“I went to Fleur de Lys yesterday, but I came across the period when we had closed access, I was told that there was about 4 hours of waiting. When I saw that a new clinic was opening this morning, I told myself that I would go early, ”said the resident of the Chauveau sector.
Since Public Health recommended that customers who showed symptoms and who had frequented this Costco branch between 1is and on August 13 to get tested, Mr. Labrecque did not wish to “take a chance”, although he did not show any symptoms, he said.
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The request comes after the announcement on Thursday of a COVID-19 outbreak among staff at Costco de Lebourgneuf. As of Friday evening, nine employees of the Bouvier Street store had tested positive for COVID-19, and this since Thursday.
Public health authorities were asking the 450 Costco employees to get tested preventively. People with the virus have been placed in isolation.
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