UPDATE: ShopRite limits number of customer inside stores to slow spread of coronavirus

An employee at a fourth ShopRite in New Jersey has tested positive for coronavirus, the store announced late Saturday.

ShopRite on Route 9 north in Old Bridge said the worker won’t be back on the job until being cleared by a doctor and that colleagues who were in close contact with the employee will self-quarantine for two weeks.

The store underwent a deep cleaning and re-opened at 8 a.m. Sunday.

In addition, one employee at the ShopRite in Little Falls and one at the Hillside locations has “reported symptoms consistent with COVID-19," the stores said. Friday and Saturday The two employees are no longer at work and other employees who were in contact with the workers will self-quarantine. for 14 days.

Earlier Saturday, the Old Bridge store said it was limiting the number of customers allowed in the store to about 30% of the regular maximum occupancy. Over the counter service in the meat and seafood departments was suspended Saturday. It had previously been suspended in the deli department, though all three remain open.

Other supermarkets across New Jersey have implemented similar safety measures.

There are 63 coronavirus cases in Old Bridge, the second most in Middlesex County behind Woodbridge.

ShoRite locations in Garwood, Morristown and Newark previously said an employee at each of those stores tested positive for coronavirus.

“The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our community has been felt by us all,” a ShopRite spokesman said in an emailed statement Sunday morning “Most of us know a friend, family member or co-worker who has been affected. The same holds true at some ShopRite stores.”

The spokesman didn’t respond to a question from NJ Advance Media asking the total number of stores where an employee has tested positive for coronavirus.

Wakefern Food Corp., which owns and operates ShopRite and other supermarkets, has donated 12 trailers to transport hospital equipment to new pop-up field hospitals being organized around New Jersey.

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