The supermarket giant advised on its website on October 19 of a staff member from its Vermont store at Brentford Square shopping centre testing positive to the virus.The team member worked their last shift in store on October 13 from 7pm-11.30pm and has since been isolating.It comes after a contractor who visited Woolies’ store at Box Hill Central also tested positive to the virus.Details was shared on October 17 after the infected contractor visited the store on October 11 from 8am-8.15am.Anyone who was in store on both occasions is urged to contact the Department of Health for advice.Meanwhile, tragedy struck an Asian eatery in Box Hill Central’s food court after a staff member at Grand Asian BBQ died on October 15, two days after he received his Covid-19 jab.Co-owner Jason Zheng said the Box Hill man had taken the day off work on October 13 to get his second vaccination, believed to be Pfizer, and was feeling ill the following day.The exact cause of his death is yet to be confirmed, but more than 20 staff members got tested for Covid-19 as a precaution once they heard of their colleague’s death.Mr Zheng said three staff members tested positive to the virus despite being asymptomatic, and were isolating for 14 days.The business closed its three outlets at the centre on Monday – Grain Asian Cafe, Grain Asian BBQ and the Grain Asian Desert Bar – for deep cleaning.Mr Zheng said the team was stunned by the sudden death of their colleague, who he believed had not had any Covid-19 symptoms at the time of his test.“It’s obviously hard especially at this time, everyone’s a bit on edge and scared, and it’s a very unfortunate situation,” he said.“I would like to offer my deepest condolences to their family and loved ones.“Currently, we are unsure if his death is directly related to the vaccine, Covid or due to pre-existing conditions.”Mr Zheng said the three outlets would remain closed until a date determined by the DHHS.A spokesman for Vicinity Centres, owners of Box Hill Central, confirmed it had been liaising with Grain Asian and the Department of Health over the situation.The spokesman said all centre amenities and touch points around the food court area had been deep cleaned as a precaution.“We also continue to utilise our full suite of COVIDSafe operations including an increased cleaning roster and hand sanitiser at entrance points,” the spokesman said.As of noon on Thursday, the DHHS reported 12 new Covid-19 cases in Whitehorse and 180 active cases in the community.kiel.egging@news.com.au
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