Four workers on run from coronavirus-hit farm after 75 catch bug and 220 ordered to quarantine
THREE workers with coronavirus have gone on the run from a farm after 75 people caught the bug and hundreds were forced to quarantine on site.and there is a heavy police presence around the farm, where all 220 workers were told to isolate in mobile homes.
Authorities are concerned that workers made regular trips to a Morrisons store in nearby Malvern, the source said. Pictures from the site show police officers wearing protective face masks while guarding the gates at both the entrance and the exit. She added that the person was self-isolating but refused to say whether or not the whereabouts of the other two workers were known.
The dozens of new cases at producers AS Green and Co comes during harvesting season, where workers come and live on site on the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.During the busy summer season they spend their days picking and packing vegetables - supplying stores such as Tesco, Aldi and Sainsbury's.
“As we have seen a global trend of large food producers being subject to outbreaks, as a precautionary measure, the decision was made to test the entire workforce.
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