25 Feb 2021

Kmart workers and shoppers self-isolate and get Covid tests

From Lately, 10:22 pm on 25 February 2021

10:20  Botany Kmart workers and shoppers self-isolate and get Covid tests  

More than 12-hundred shoppers who visited Botany's Kmart in South Auckland last Friday and Saturday at the same time as a positive Covid 19 case was working there. Today Botany Kmart was forced to close early only one day after reopening following a deep clean.  Susana speaks with the secretary for retail from First Union, Tali Williams, about the impact on workers at the retail front line.

A sign on the door of Kmart Botany notifies customers the store is closed for cleaning due to a Covid-19 case.

Photo: RNZ / Amy Williams