Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Staff member at north-east department store tests positive for Covid-19

Post Thumbnail

A north-east firm has closed one of its shops for a deep clean after a member of staff there tested positive for coronavirus.

George Donald furniture store in Peterhead has asked seven workers to self-isolate for a fortnight after one member of staff tested positive on Tuesday.

The family-run store, which has multiple shops in the town, closed  its St Andrews Street furniture store for the day and was expected to reopen as normal today, staffed with workers from other stores for the next fortnight.

Derek Donald, manager, said: “On Tuesday morning a staff member in our furniture building reported contact with someone who had tested positive for Covid-19 and was instructed by us to isolate for 14 days.

“On Wednesday morning the same staff member informed us that she had been tested positive.

“We then gathered all other staff from the furniture building and have instructed a further seven members of staff to isolate for 14 days as per government regulations.

“We have had to close our furniture building today for deep cleaning and hope to open tomorrow albeit with staff redeployed from elsewhere within Donalds.

“The clothing, flooring, household and TV departments are trading as before with social distancing and extra hygiene measures in the shop.”

Meanwhile seven workers at a north-east fish factory have also tested positive for Covid-19.

Three staff at Macduff Shellfish in Mintlaw tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend, and following rapid testing, four more of them have since returned positive results.

Ninety colleagues working closely with those affected have been asked to self-isolate as they await test results.

A Macduff Shellfish spokeswoman confirmed that a deep clean had been conducted of the entire facility, including using fogging machines.