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UPDATE (April 6, 3:50 p.m.): Publix informed employees about the associate's positive test on Friday, March 27, according to an email from the company to employees obtained by the Forsyth County News.

Associates who worked with the associate that tested positive were notified and self-quarantined at home "for the period recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," according to the email.

"We feel that transparency in this emerging public health situation is of utmost importance in order to ensure the health and safety of all Publix associates, your families and customers," the company said in the email.

Publix confirmed Monday that an associate at an Alpharetta store in Forsyth County recently tested positive for COVID-19.

The associate works at the Florida-based company's location at The Village at Flynn Crossing, at 5180 McGinnis Ferry Road, right on the border with Fulton County.