Berlin, 21 June (IANS) The total number of other people inflamed with coronavirus due to a new outbreak at a slaughterhouse in Germany has increased to 1029, according to the authorities.
The outbreak at the Rheda-Wiedenbrick meat processing plant in the Gotersloh district near Bielefeld was made public on 17 June, an october report was announced on Saturday by the German chain Deutsche Welle.
The plant runs through The Company, Germany’s largest meat processing company.
The plant closed for 14 days after the first reports of an outbreak, crisis team leader Thomas Kuhlbusch said.
Regional official Sven-Georg Adenauer told the media on Saturday that there was no “significant admission of coronavirus” in the community.
A quarantine was ordered for all 6,500 workers, up from Romania and Bulgaria living in narrow dwellings provided through the company.
More than 3,000 have been tested to date.
A massive COVID-19 investigation took place Saturday, according to Deutsche Welle’s report.
Meanwhile, another 60 people gathered outside the factory in The City on Saturday to protest against meat intake and harmful situations in which they say staff are being forced.
Until Sunday, the total number of COVID-19 instances in Germany stood at 190,670, while the death toll increased to 8,895.
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