First corona case at Schwarz Group confirmed - employee must be in quarantine

The first coronavirus infection has been confirmed at Lidl: An employee from the Heilbronn district is in quarantine.

Heilbronn - The corona virus continues to spread in Baden-Württemberg - and has now also arrived at a large employer in the Heilbronn region. The Schwarz group (to which Lidl and Kaufland belong) confirmed the first Corona case on echo24.de * request. The result: several employees have already been sent home.

"The first coronavirus case occurred in the Schwarz Group yesterday. An employee from the Heilbronn region has tested positive. He will be in quarantine at home for the next 14 days and is doing well under the circumstances," the company said .

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