A second New Jersey Walmart has temporarily closed its doors due to ongoing COVID pandemic.
The Kearny store located at 150 Harrison Ave. was closed Thursday to allow for the store to be sanitized and restocked to “prepare the store to once again serve the community,” a Walmart spokeswoman told NJ Advance Media. She said the move was part of “an ongoing company-initiated program.”
It was unclear if anyone at the store had tested positive for COVID as was the case at the Walmart Supercenter in Linden which closed after several employees were sickened by the virus. A spokesperson refuted an NBC report which stated that dozens of employees had tested positive at that location, saying the figure was “extremely over-estimated and factually wrong.”
Regardless, the Kearny location was scheduled to reopen to customers on Jan. 1 at 6 a.m., the spokeswoman said. The Linden Walmart reopened Thursday morning.
“Everything we’re doing is for the well-being of our associates and the thousands of customers we serve daily, and in consideration of guidance by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and health experts,” she said. “We will follow CDC guidance, which includes fully vaccinated people wearing masks in public indoor settings in counties with substantial or high transmission.”
New Jersey on Thursday continued on its record-setting streak, as state officials reported another 27,975 confirmed cases of COVID-19, shattering once more the daily record for the most positive tests since the beginning of the 22-month-old pandemic.
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Chris Sheldon may be reached at csheldon@njadvancemedia.com.