Workers in self-isolation after testing positive for Covid-19

Workers at an Aberdeen supermarket are self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.

Sainsbury’s bosses have insisted the outbreak affected only a “small number” of staff at its store on Berryden Road.

But they added that extra cleaning was quickly carried out following the positive results for the virus.

A Sainsbury’s spokeswoman said: “Safety is our highest priority and we have immediately implemented additional cleaning on site.

“We also have strict social-distancing measures in all our stores including Perspex screens, limits on the number of people in the store and PPE available to all our colleagues.”

Last month, Pizza Express in Inverness had to take similar swift action after a member of staff tested positive for Covid-19.

The chain said the staff member returned a positive test after quarantining for 14 days following a visit to continental Europe. Management “acted quickly” following the positive result and had closed the restaurant for a deep clean.

When the UK Government made it law to wear a mask in shops and supermarkets, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was needed because shop workers have a higher rate of death from coronavirus than the general population.

He said: “We want to give people more confidence to shop safely and enhance protections for those who work in shops.”