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By | | San Gabriel Valley TribuneWalmart temporarily closed its Orange store for COVID-19 sanitizing Monday, marking the company’s ninth such closure in recent days.The store, at at 2300 N. Tustin St., closed at 2 p.m. and is scheduled to reopen at at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20. The downtime will give workers time to restock shelves and allow third-party cleaning crews to thoroughly clean and sanitize the building to guard against the spread of coronavirus.Stores like Walmart are typically closed when employees test positive or are exposed to COVID-19, although the company declined to provide details, citing privacy concerns.Monday’s shutdown follows last week’s temporary closure of a . That closure arrived on the heels of the temporary shutdown of the company’s , two supercenters in and , a Sam’s Club in and additional store closures in , and .The temporary closures augment the mega retailer’s other safeguards, including sneeze guards at registers, temperature checks and mandatory mask-wearing for associates. It has also placed social distancing signs throughout its stores and has enacted an emergency leave policy for workers who are unable or uncomfortable coming to work.Burt Flickinger III, managing director for the retail consulting firm , said it’s a smart move on Walmart’s part, although the company should have begun the temporary shutdowns sooner.“An average Walmart supercenter could see a customer count of 15,000 to 20,000 people a day,” he said. “They really should have started doing this in March through June.”In a statement released Monday, Walmart said the company’s COVID-19 safeguards are for the well-being of both employees and customers and are in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and health experts.“We will continue requiring customers to wear protective facial coverings while inside the building,” the company said.Figures from the show 30,699 new cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, bringing the statewide total to 2,973,174. A total of 33,593 Californians have died of the virus.Flickinger said increased online sales have likely offset much of Walmart’s in-store sales declines during the shutdowns.“At this time last year Walmart’s online sales accounted for about 12% of their weekly and monthly sales,” he said. “But now it’s as much as 40%, counting delivery and curbside pickup.”We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Get the latest news delivered daily!Follow UsMost PopularClose

By | | San Gabriel Valley TribuneWalmart temporarily closed its Orange store for COVID-19 sanitizing Monday, marking the company’s ninth such closure in recent days.The store, at at 2300 N. Tustin St., closed at 2 p.m. and is scheduled to reopen at at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20. The downtime will give workers time to restock shelves and allow third-party cleaning crews to thoroughly clean and sanitize the building to guard against the spread of coronavirus.Stores like Walmart are typically closed when employees test positive or are exposed to COVID-19, although the company declined to...

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