A bar worker has tested positive for COVID-19 in the past few days, according to the establishment’s management.
Anyone who has frequented the bar on rue de l’Évêché Ouest between November 29 and December 4 is therefore invited to go for a screening test.
The people targeted by this appeal are not, however, subject to isolation, unless they show symptoms of COVID-19.
We don’t know yet if he caught it at the bar or some other place
, indicates the owner of the bar Le Campus, Luc Pichette, about his infected employee.
Mr. Pichette says he takes this call for screening seriously.
We were contacted by public health at around 11 a.m. this morning and we immediately informed everyone. We took our register, we have already made a lot of calls to date. My wife and I went to get tested right away
, relate-t-il.
Bars have been closed in Rimouski since the area entered the red zone on Monday.
Those concerned by this targeted screening will be able to go to the mobile screening clinic located at the Saint-Pie-X Community Center, until 8 p.m. this evening.
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