After death of a cashier, French supermarket staff work in fear

A cashier serves a customer behind a plastic protection shield at a supermarket in Coueron near Nantes, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in France, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

PARIS (Reuters) - When 52-year-old supermarket cashier Aicha Issadounene died after contracting the coronavirus, her Carrefour colleagues felt the full fear of working on the frontline.

"I'm scared to go to work," said Tshela Ngandu, 53, who worked as a Carrefour cashier in the Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis alongside union representative Issadounene.