Greensboro Sheetz employee tests positive for coronavirus, business shuts down temporarily
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BETWEEN THE STATE AND A RACETRACK IN NORTH CAROLINA. THERE IS A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER TO FORCE AN ABATEMENT ORDER. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE STANDS, MANY WITHOUT MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. THE HEARING WILL BE TOMORROW AND ALAMANCE COUNTY. THE BILL TO REOPEN JIM’S, FITNESS CENTERS, AND BARS IS HEADED TO GOVERNOR ROY COOPER’S DESK. THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE 10 DAYS TO EITHER SIGN OR VETO. THE BILL PASSED THE STATE SENATE YESTERDAY. RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE 780 CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS. YOU SEE A FULL COUNTY BY COUNTY BREAKDOWN RIGHT NOW. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SAYS THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THIS COUNTRY IS NEARING 2 MILLION. BREE JACKSON IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE STATES TO KEEP AN ION. BREE: SOME SAY THE INCREASED NUMBER IS PARTLY DUE TO MORE PEOPLE GETTING TESTED, BUT OTHERS WORRY IT IS BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE OUT AND ABOUT. NATIONWIDE, COMMUNITIES ARE HEADING BACK TO NORMAL ACTIVITIES AS SHUTDOWN RESTRICTIONS LIFT AND SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES EASE. DURING AN ABC NEWS GOOD MORNING AMERICA INTERVIEW, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WARNING PEOPLE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. >> WE WANT TO GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL, INCLUDING THE ECONOMY. BUT IT DOESN’T MEAN ALL BETS ARE OFF. BRIE: THIS WEEK, TEXAS HIT ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS. THE GOVERNOR SAYS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ACTIVITIES ARE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS JUMPING 36%. FOLLOWING HIM WEEK OF MASK PROTESTS — OF MASS PROTESTS, THEY ARE WONDERING IF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OUTBREAK AS NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TESTED POSITIVE AFTER THE EVENT. >> THERE WAS SOME OTHER HOTSPOT ASSOCIATED WITH DEMONSTRATIONS THAT MIGHT ALSO BE COMMUNICATED. BRIE: AS NEW YORK EYES THE NEXT PHASE OF REOPENING, THEY ARE MONITORING LOCAL AND OUT-OF-STATE CASES BEFORE MOVING OVER. >> YOU HAVE TO REOPEN SMARTLY AND SAFELY AND INTELLIGENTLY. OTHERWISE, YOU WILL SEE THE INCREASE. BRIE: DR. FAUCI SAYS HE IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FINDING A BACK IN, SAYING THERE ARE THREE OR MORE CANDIDATES IN THE WORKS NOW. DOCTORS HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID THEY BELIEVE A VACCINE WILL BE DEVELOPED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR OR THE BEGINNING OF 2021. IN WASHINGTON, I’M BREE JACKSON — BRIE JACKSON. BRIANA: GUILFORD COUNTY IS HOLDING ANOTHER COMMUNITY TESTING EVENT. IT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY AT THE WINDSOR R
Greensboro Sheetz employee tests positive for coronavirus, business shuts down temporarily
A Sheetz employee in Greensboro tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.The store, located at 1620 New Garden Road, was immediately closed for sanitation, according to Nick Ruffner, the public relations manager for Sheetz.Click the video player above for latest coronavirus information from WXII 12 News.The employee last worked at the store location Tuesday, Ruffner said.
GREENSBORO, N.C. —
A Sheetz employee in Greensboro tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
The store, located at 1620 New Garden Road, was immediately closed for sanitation, according to Nick Ruffner, the public relations manager for Sheetz.
Click the video player above for latest coronavirus information from WXII 12 News.
The employee last worked at the store location Tuesday, Ruffner said.
