Worker at Rock Hill Harris Teeter grocery store positive for coronavirus, company says
A worker at a Harris Teeter store in York County has tested positive for coronavirus, company officials said.
The employee works at the store on Celanese Road in northern Rock Hill, said Danna Robinson, spokesperson for the grocery chain. The store is in a shopping plaza at the intersection of India Hook Road.
“We’ve been informed that a valued Harris Teeter associate from our Northwood Square location has tested positive for COVID-19,” Robinson said in a statement to The Herald. “The associate is under the care of a physician.”
Harris Teeter officials advised workers at the store and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control after the positive test, Robinson said.
“Upon learning of the case, we worked closely with regulatory agencies, followed all sanitation and cleaning procedures and communicated with and supported our valued store team,” Robinson said. “We will continue to follow guidance from local, state and federal agencies, including the CDC and other health organizations.”
The store had a disinfectant-level deep clean after the positive test, Robinson said.
Robinson said officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said store customers are considered to be low risk in terms of exposure and the products do not represent a risk to shoppers.
Harris Teeter has stores in Rock Hill, Fort Mill, and Tega Cay in York County, and Indian Land in Lancaster County. It is headquartered near Matthews, N.C., outside Charlotte and has around 30,000 employees, according to the chain’s website.
There have been cases of coronavirus confirmed at other grocery stores in the area. An employee at a Publix in Fort Mill tested positive for the virus and three employees at Food Lion stores in Rock Hill, Lake Wylie, and Lancaster, according to officials with the grocery chains.
As of Thursday morning, York County has had more than 2,500 positive cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began in March, according to DHEC.
