A claim that a trolley collector at a supermarket in the Australian state of New South Wales tested positive for the novel coronavirus in March 2020 has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook.
Below is a screenshot of the misleading post:, The supermarket, which is referred to Woolies in the posts, is located in the Stockland Glendale shopping centre, as seen here on Google Maps., A similar claim\xa0about the Woolworths supermarket in the suburb of\xa0Glendale in\xa0New South Wales was also shared on Facebook here and here., The claim is false., “To date, there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Stockland Glendale,” a Stockland spokesperson told AFP via email on March 27, 2020. “The health and wellbeing of our customers, retailers and employees is our highest priority and we continue to closely monitor the situation.”, New South Wales Health, the state’s health authority, also reported no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Glendale in the week commencing March 23\xa0in its daily updates., , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
Hoax circulates on social media that Australian supermarket worker has tested positive for COVID-19 in New South Wales suburb | AFP Fact Check