"Thank you for everything. Keep up your good work," Serge Ibaka said in a five-minute video shared by the Toronto Raptors Friday evening.

The LCBO confirmed the news on Friday and said the employee worked at a store in Toronto's north end. The individual last worked on March 20.

"We are working with public health authorities who are conducting an in-depth investigation related to the individual and their contacts."

The affected workers are based out of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project's west portal site, east of Black Creek Drive and Eglinton Avenue West.

"The support system for the homeless has just collapsed."

COVID-19 could soon "explode" within Toronto's homeless population as government actions to curb the spread of the illness have the opposite effect on those who live without housing, advocates and front-line workers say.

"The health of our employees, clients and guests are always our first priority. With everything we know right now, we believe these are the best options to serve all these important communities."

A Toronto-area non-profit is providing subsidized accommodation for health-care workers who need to isolate from their families during the COVID-19 outbreak.

A Crosslinx Transit Solutions spokesperson Global News in a statement that the workers are based out of the west portal site east of Black Creek Drive and Eglinton Avenue West.

The news comes less than a week after it was confirmed an employee at the TTC's Duncan shop, which overhauls and rebuilds buses, tested positive for COVID-19.