State Closes 2 Liquor Stores After Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19
Jun 1, 2020, 8:29 AM
FILE: State Liquor Store.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control closed two liquor stores after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
Both stores are in Salt Lake City.
According to the DABC, an employee at the store located at 205 W. 400 South recently tested positive for the coronavirus. That employee also recently worked at the store located at 1255 W. North Temple.
“Both stores will remain closed until a professional sanitation and disinfection is completed by an independent company,” according to a statement from the DABC. “At present, there is no timetable for reopening. We are in contact with the employee and wish for a speedy recovery.”
According to the state, customers will continue to be limited inside the stores, and the locations have all implemented social distancing guidelines. Liquor store employees will also continue to wear masks and disinfect counters after each transaction.
“We ask our customers to please follow the advice of Gov. Gary Herbert and wear masks inside the store for protection of our employees and other customers,” according to the DABC.
All other state liquor stores will be open for business from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. until further notice.
The two store closings come after the state’s highest three-day tally of positive COVID-19 cases.
Utah health officials on Sunday reported more than 260 new cases for three days in a row, for a total of 876 new cases since Friday.
