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Town officials urged thousands of shoppers to self-isolate after two employees at the Costco in Vaudreuil-Dorion reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, but health officials insisted shoppers were at no greater risk of contracting the virus than anyone else.

Reports of the positive cases prompted two nearby municipalities to ask citizens who had visited the store to self-isolate, but regional public health authorities said self-isolation wasn’t necessary, noting in a press release that officials would contact those who were most likely to have been directly exposed to the virus.

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“COVID-19 is circulating in all sectors of the Montérégie,” officials said. “Some people can get the disease without symptoms and without being diagnosed.”

Local news outlet Viva-Media initially reported the cases of COVID-19 at the shopping centre, citing a letter sent to Costco Vaudreuil employees. The first employee to test positive last worked at the store on March 31, the other on April 3, the outlet wrote.