Update (4:00 p.m. : Hastings Prince Edward Public Health has confirmed that there has been a potential low risk COVID-19 exposure at the Picton Tim Hortons.
The health unit is advising that anyone who visited the restaurant on May 3, 4, 8 or 9, including drive-thru customers, may have had a low risk exposure to COVID-19. A person who was at the restaurant on those days has tested positive for COVID-19 according to the health unit.
Representatives of the health unit are asking that anyone who was there on those days self-monitor for symptoms of the virus and to seek testing if they appear.
In a release Wednesday afternoon, a representative of the health unit said that HPE Public Health is in the midst of identifying and contacting all high risk contacts.
For more information see the press release from the public health unit.
Original story below:
An officials with HPE Public Health says there isn’t much to say at this point about why the Picton Tim Hortons location was closed on Wednesday afternoon.
Customers tell Quinte News the store shut down early in the afternoon, with a sign being posted later in the day, saying the closure was temporary and “due to the evolving health situation.”
The sign apologizes for the inconvenience and suggests customers visit the restaurant in Wellington instead.
HPE Public Health Spokesperson Maureen Hyland tells Quinte News that if there is more to report around the closure, that the public needs to know about, those details will be released to the media.
