Thousands quarantined after Germany abattoir outbreak
Thousands of men and women in Germany have been told to get into quarantine after a coronavirus outbreak at a great abattoir.
More than 650 people have tested great for the virus at the meat processing plant in Gütersloh, in the north-west of the united states.
Operations at the website have already been suspended since Wednesday afternoon.
Over 1,000 personnel have been tested up to now, with a large number of others still awaiting assessment.
They and the persons they came into contact with have already been told to been told to stay in quarantine until they receive their benefits.
A good spokesman for the company that operates the website, the Tönnies Group, has apologised.
In response to the outbreak, native authorities have suspended schools and childcare centres in your community until the end of the month.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she "welcomed" the steps to prevent the further pass on of the virus found in the area.
Germany has been widely praised because of its managing of the outbreak. Despite having the largest populace in the EU, Germany has got recorded fewer than 9,000 deaths up to now.
On Wednesday, the country announced it could extend a ban on large events before end of October.
This is not the first time a meat processing plant has found itself at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak.
Previous month, Germany agreed a proposal banning the application of temporary staff at abattoirs carrying out a spate of infections in Münster and Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia.
The issue has taken a renewed give attention to the indegent working conditions in the sector, with some of the meat personnel in previous outbreaks reported to have already been living in shared accommodation.
Other countries also have recorded outbreaks on abattoirs, including on France and the united states, where workers in at least two food plants have died amid outbreaks.
