WALMART ANNOUNCED TODAY
NATIONAL CHANGES TO HELP CURB
THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
THIS LESS THAN A DAY AFTER NEWS
BROKE OF TWO EMPLOYEES WHO
WORKED AT THE EVERGREEN PARK
LOCATION DYING FROM COVID-19.
HERE IS MARISSA PARRA.
Reporter: EVERY ASPECT OF
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT BEFORE IS
DIFFERENT INCLUDING AT STORE
CHAINS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
TODAY, WALMART SAYS THAT NO
MORE THAN FIVE CUSTOMERS WILL
BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE STORE PER
1000 SQUARE FEET, ROUGHLY 20%
THE STORE CAPACITY.
REMINDERS EVERYWHERE OF OUR
CHANGED WORLD.
NOW EVERGREEN PARK IS MOURNING
THE LOSS OF TWO WALMART
EMPLOYEES, DYING OF COVID-19.
WANDO EVANS AND PHILLIP THOMAS.
IT HAS TAKEN MY BROTHER.
Reporter: WE SPOKE WITH
THOMAS POP SISTER WHO TOLD US
HE WORKED THERE FOR NINE YEARS
AND HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO
TURNING 49 SOON.
HE KEPT TELLING ME HE WASN'T
FEELING WELL.
HE CALLED HIS DOCTOR.
THE DOCTOR TOLD HIM TO SELF-
QUARANTINE A WEEK AGO WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS TOTALLY WRONG
BECAUSE HE'S A DIABETIC AS
WELL.
Reporter: YOU CALLED FOR AN
AMBULANCE ON MARCH 27 AND DIED
AT THE HOSPITAL TWO DAYS LATER.
I HOPE NO ONE ELSE DIES AT
THAT WARMER BUT I DON'T KNOW IF
IT'S A COINCIDENCE OR WHATEVER
IT IS THAT TO MAKE PEOPLE DIED
FROM THAT SAME WALMART.
I DON'T KNOW.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE
OTHER GENTLEMAN WAS OUT OF WORK
AS WELL AS MY BROTHER.
Reporter: A WALMART
SPOKESPERSON TOLD US THEY HAD
BEEN INSIDE THE STORE FOR AT
LEAST A WEEK AND IN RESPONSE TO
THEIR DESKS THE MAYOR OF
EVERGREEN PARK YESTERDAY STRIP
THE WALMART STORE OF ITS LIQUOR
LICENSE.
SINCE THEN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
TELLING ME HOURS AGO THAT MAYOR
SEXTON HAD A VERY LONG PHONE
CALL MEETING THIS MORNING WITH
WALMART. HE HAS SINCE
REINSTATED THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE
BUT SAYS IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF
CHANGES TO THEIR STORES.
STARTING TODAY, WARMAN IS
LIMITING THE NUMBER OF
CUSTOMERS ALLOWED INSIDE A
STORE AT THE SAME TIME.
THOSE CHANGES IT DON'T STOP AT
WALMART.
IN THE LAST DAY TARGET SAYS
THEY WILL ADD PLEXIGLAS SNEEZE
PROTECTORS INSIDE AND HANDING
OUT GLOVES AND FACEMASKS FOR
THEIR EMPLOYEES.
TARGET AND HOME DEPOT ARE AMONG
THE STORES THAT ARE ALSO GOING
TO START LIMITING THOSE NUMBERS
OF PEOPLE ALLOWED INSIDE THE
STORE AT ONE TIME.
WALMART DID ISSUE A STATEMENT
TO US IN THE LAST FEW HOURS
SAYING THEY ARE DEVASTATED AND
HEARTBROKEN TO LEARN OTHER TWO
EMPLOYEE DEATHS TELLING THAT
EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOT COME
INTO WORK IN THE LAST WEEK,
THEY ISSUED AN OUTSIDE COMPANY
TO DEEP CLEAN THE AREAS THAT
ARE CONSIDERED HIGH TOUCH
