More than 100 people test positive for COVID at Norfolk factory
They are self-isolating with their families
The latest testing at a chicken factory in Norfolk has confirmed more workers have coronavirus.
Earlier this week, the number stood at 96, now that's up to 104 at Banham Poultry in Attleborough.
The County Council's encouraging everyone who works at the site and their households to get tested for Covid-19.
Norfolk County Council’s director of public health, Dr Louise Smith, said:
“The latest total of positive tests from the Banham Poultry site has risen to 104, out of 769 results returned. This is a smaller rise than in previous updates.
“On current projections, that would give us an approximate infection rate across the whole site of around 13 per cent, compared to the total of 23 per cent we found when we tested staff in the cutting room.
“We are encouraging people who work at Banham Poultry and their households to get tested. This can be done in a number of ways, including by mobile testing units.
““Colleagues from the Health and Safety Executive and Breckland District Council environmental health have visited the factory to offer advice and support to Banham Poultry, to plan for the resumption of all processes in a Covid-secure way.”