EMPLOYEES at a Glasgow Home Bargains store are self-isolating after a coronavirus outbreak.
Contact tracing is now underway to identify close contacts of those to have tested positive for the virus.
It is understood around 10 workers from the retailer's Auldhouse Retail Park branch in Pollokshaws have been affected.
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Bosses from the homeware chain claim the South Side store was "not associated" with the outbreak and that the cases had been community-driven.
A spokesman for the firm told the Scottish Sun: "We recognise that the transmission of coronavirus in the community will impact our employees in the same way as it does the general population; however, we can confirm that the store is not otherwise associated with an outbreak.
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"We continue to follow government guidelines on all aspects of helping to prevent the spread of the virus.
"This includes both good communication with and between our employees and supporting the voluntary testing programmes available to all."
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