A 3rd Walmart store in South MS will close for COVID-19 cleaning this weekend
A third Walmart in South Mississippi has announced this month it will close for cleaning as the delta variant of COVID-19 sweeps over Mississippi.
The Walmart Supercenter in Wiggins closed at 2 p.m. Friday and will reopen at 6 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 15.
Earlier this week, a Neighborhood Market on U.S. 49 in Gulfport closed for a second time during the pandemic.
On Aug. 2, the Supercenter in D’Iberville also closed for cleaning.
Walmart does not report coronavirus outbreaks among staff or customers to the public, only when stores are closed for cleaning.
The Wiggins store is at at 1053 Frontage Drive E. in Stone County.
Lauren Walck
Sun Herald