Walmart Says Missouri Store Reopens After Closing for 'Sanitizing'
A Walmart store in Rolla, Missouri, reopened, after closing Aug. 5-7 for “cleaning, sanitizing and restocking,” a company spokesperson emailed Monday. Rolla is the county seat of Phelps County, which The New York Times shows having a "very high test…
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positivity rate" for COVID-19. Responding to whether the temporary closing was COVID-19-related, he declined to give specific details but said the retailer has a home office team that evaluates criteria for stores and the communities it serves. "When that data reaches certain thresholds, we ... proactively close the store for cleaning and sanitizing.” The retailer isn't releasing specific store counts for temporary closures, he said. In addition to regional evaluations, stores and clubs are closed overnight for “enhanced facility cleaning.” Walmart, which offers COVID-19 vaccines at its 5,100-plus stores, is seeing a rise in vaccinations nationwide, the spokesperson said, “as concerns about the Delta variant increase.” He didn’t provide numbers. The spokesperson said Walmart will continue to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, “which includes fully vaccinated people wearing masks in public indoor settings in counties with substantial or high transmission." In counties and areas with state or local mask mandates, "associates will be required to wear masks inside our facilities.”