In Osnabrück (Lower Saxony) there was a corona outbreak in an ice cream factory.
So far 210 employees have tested positive.
The factory was closed.
There was a
corona outbreak
in a large
ice cream factory
in
Osnabrück
.
Worrying: some have also tested positive for the
British mutation B 1.1.7
.
Employees who previously tested negative are tested again for
Corona
*.
Update from Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 4:42 p.m.:
After the
corona mass outbreak
in an ice cream factory in Osnabrück (
Lower Saxony
), there is now a quarantine obligation for around 1000 people.
Again on Wednesday the employees previously tested negative were the
Coronavirus
tested.
Those who did not hear this call are now asked to report and take the
test
.
Overall, new smears should be taken from the 462 people who initially tested negative.
So far, the
British mutation B.1.1.7
has been detected
in a total of three cases
.
Corona outbreak in Lower Saxony: 210 infected people - factory closed for the time being
Update from Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 4:42 p.m.:
After a
corona outbreak
in an ice cream factory
in Osnabrück
, the number of employees who tested positive for the coronavirus has now been updated: From a total of around 600 employees (initially of 850 was the Speech) 210 had tested positive, said a city spokesman.
The factory has been closed since the weekend and a specialist company disinfected the company.
All employees including the management are currently in
quarantine
.
In addition, at least two people were
infected
with the
British mutant B.1.1.7
.
How the outbreak came about is not yet clear.
+
There was a corona outbreak in a large ice cream factory in Lower Saxony: a quarter of the 600 employees have so far tested positive - the factory has been shut down.
The British mutation B 1.1.7 was also detected.
© Kaisen / Imago
Lower Saxony: Corona outbreak in the ice factory - also with a British mutant
First report from Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 9.29 a.m .:
Osnabrück / Göttingen - All 830 employees of the ice cream factory in Osnabrück are under
quarantine
, the plant was closed for the time being, a spokesman for the city confirmed on Tuesday morning (
February 16, 2021
) for the German press agency (dpa).
The health department is currently in the process of testing the factory employees.
The affected plant belongs to Froneri, one of the largest ice cream producers in the world with its headquarters in
Great Britain
.
According to Froneri, the site in
Osnabrück
is one of the largest ice cream factories in Europe.
As the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" (NOZ) already a few days ago about a dozen were reported
corona infections
have been registered among employees over the weekend, the number was then more than 40
infected people
now risen and the beginning of the week to nearly 200th
In some, the
British mutant B.1.1.7
.
proven - but 300 test results are still pending.
Osnabrück city councilor Katharina Pötter called the situation, according to the NDR, "very worrying".
Production in the ice cream factory was shut down until at least February 26, 2021, the health department in Osnabrück is currently trying to
track the source of
infection
and the contacts of those who tested positive, reports n-tv.de.
Companies |
Froneri / Schöller |
|---|---|
Headquarters |
Great Britain |
Number of employees |
15,000 |
founding |
1932 |
Subsidiaries |
Froneri Ice Cream Germany |
Corona outbreak in Lower Saxony: ice cream factory shut down
“There has never been an outbreak of this magnitude in a company or facility in the region,” wrote the NOZ, adding that around a quarter of the 850 employees were affected.
All employees are in quarantine.
According to NDR, the Froneri ice cream factory speaks of a "lightning-fast contagion effect that has hit the site in full".
(Diana Rissmann and Nail Akkoyun with dpa)
* hna.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
All important information about Corona in Lower Saxony is available in our news ticker.
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