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Nearly 300 employees have tested positive for coronavirus at a sandwich factory in Northampton, the town's director of public health has confirmed.
Greencore, the factory affected by the outbreak, said some of its staff are now self-isolating.
79 workers tested positive through NHS tests while 213 positive results came back from Greencore's private testing, said Lucy Wightman, director of public health at Northamptonshire County Council.
A total of 292 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the outbreak.
Greencore said in a statement: "As a result of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Northampton area, we took the decision to start proactively testing all of the colleagues at our Northampton site.
"We can confirm that a number of colleagues have tested positive for the virus and are now self-isolating.
"We are liaising closely with PHE East Midlands, Northamptonshire County Council and Northampton Borough Council, who are fully supportive of the controls that we have on site."
Nearly 300 employees have tested positive for coronavirus at a sandwich factory in Northampton, the town's director of public health has confirmed.
Greencore, the factory affected by the outbreak, said some of its staff are now self-isolating.
79 workers tested positive through NHS tests while 213 positive results came back from Greencore's private testing, said Lucy Wightman, director of public health at Northamptonshire County Council.
A total of 292 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the outbreak.
Greencore said in a statement: "As a result of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Northampton area, we took the decision to start proactively testing all of the colleagues at our Northampton site.
"We can confirm that a number of colleagues have tested positive for the virus and are now self-isolating.
"We are liaising closely with PHE East Midlands, Northamptonshire County Council and Northampton Borough Council, who are fully supportive of the controls that we have on site."
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