Woodman's Employee Tested Positive For Coronavirus: Report

KENOSHA, WI — A Kenosha Woodman's employee tested positive for the new coronavirus, and officials say the person is recovering at home, and that the areas of the store where they worked have been cleaned. The store is still open for business.

"As you may know, an employee at our Kenosha store recently tested positive for the COVID-19 virus," Woodman's officials said Sunday in a statement. "It is our understanding they are recuperating at home under their doctor's care and we wish them well in their recovery."

Store officials did not say what the employee's role was at the store, only to say that "area of the store this employee had contact with have been cleaned multiple times. In addition, in response to this positive test result, we have enacted additional heightened cleaning."

Woodman's officials say they've been in contact with the Kenosha County Health Department and are cooperating with their investigation, as well as with their recommendations. The store is located at 7145 120th Ave. in Kenosha. The grocery store is open daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. The liquor store is open from 8 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., according to information posted on the company website.

"In an effort to reduce the chance of spread of COVID-19 from surfaces, in addition to our normal full-store nightly cleaning procedures, we previously added on increased cleaning throughout our stores during our daytime hours."