OREGON — The Ogle County Health Department announced Wednesday the re-opening of SuperValu in Oregon. 

The health department has worked closely with staff and leadership to get the store operational since its mandated closure last week due to positive COVID test results within the staff at the store.

Since the mandated closure, staff and their households went through testing. Staff were released to return to work once their entire household tested negative for COVID. Any positive cases and their households are working with Ogle County Health Department case investigators to isolate until receiving negative test results. 

The Ogle County health inspector did a re-opening inspection after sanitizing and cleaning took place at the store. Store officials will be asking patrons to mask up before coming into the store. Patrons are urged to be respectful of this and understand that everyone continuing to mask is still crucial in preventing community spread of COVID. While there is minimal risk to the public of the SuperValu outbreak, any time you go into public places there is a risk of transmission.

The health department is reminding everyone to continue to wear masks when in public places, continue to practice social distancing and wash hands frequently.