A series test at BMW in Dingolfing yielded poor results: Numerous employees were infected with the corona virus.
This has consequences for the entire district.
The
upper corona limit has been exceeded in
the
Dingolfing-Landau
district
.
A series test at
BMW
provided results with far-reaching consequences.
Further
investigations
are still pending, said a BMW spokesman.
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Dingolfing
- Bad news from the
district of Dingolfing-Landau
: the
upper limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants
within seven days has been exceeded there.
The
corona outbreak
became known through a series of tests at
BMW
and its logistics service providers.
A total of 32 employees have so far tested positive for the corona virus *, the BR reported initially.
A
BMW spokesman
stated that there had been
anomalies on the BMW plant in Dingolfing
at a logistics service provider who operates a parts supply center for vehicle assembly on the plant.
In consultation with the
health department
, the
serial testing
was finally
ordered.
Corona at BMW: Serial testing has drastic consequences - further investigations are pending
As the BR further reports,
several hundred employees of the logistics service provider
, other service providers and logistics
employees of the BMW Group were
tested at the beginning of the week.
People who tested positive for the coronavirus * are currently in
quarantine
.
However,
production
is currently running normally.
According to the BMW spokesman, strict hygiene measures apply on the logistics service provider
's premises
- as well as on the
entire BMW factory premises
.
Finding the origin of the outbreak is currently difficult.
“This is now the task of the
health department
, as well as
further examinations,
” the spokesman told the BR.
Coronavirus outbreak at BMW: Dingolfing-Landau district again hotspot
Apart from the
district of Dingolfing-Landau
,
Munich
and
Würzburg
in particular recently made
headlines after the upper limit of 50 new infections was also broken there.
A few weeks ago, Dingolfing-Landau was already a
Corona
* hotspot
after an outbreak of infection at a vegetable farm in Mamming.
It is currently
mandatory to wear a mask at all schools and daycare centers
in the district
.
(
nema
) (* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network)
Review in the video: Corona outbreak among harvest workers in the Dingolfing-Landau district
