The corona virus continues to spread in Italy. The fan manufacturer Ziehl-Abegg prohibits all business trips to and from Italy - as does Lidl.
Baden-Württemberg - First Ziehl-Abegg based in Künzelsau (around 50 kilometers from Heilbronn), now Lidl: All business trips to and from Italy have been stopped until further notice. Coronavirus * is increasingly affecting companies in Baden-Württemberg. A warehouse and two Lidl branches in the Lombardy region south of Milan in Italy had to be closed on Friday. The reason: new quarantine measures by the Italian government that came into force due to the spread of the corona virus in Italy.
Upon request from echo24.de * , the Lidl Group explains: "These measures - which serve to avert danger - are not related to the possible cause of the spread of the corona virus in Italy." Means: According to the group, the warehouse and Lidl branches are "clean" and do not trigger the infection chain in Italy.
* echo24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
