Regional officials in Germany on Wednesday reported 657 new cases of the novel coronavirus linked to a meatpacking plant. The report marks a significant trend reversal for…
Regional officials in Germany on Wednesday reported 657 new cases of the novel coronavirus linked to a meatpacking plant.
The report marks a significant trend reversal for a country that has recorded nationwide infections in the low hundreds lately.
Health officials in the northwestern county of Guetersloh said they have received a total of 983 test results from workers at the Toennies slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck. Of those, 326 tests were negative for coronavirus.
Officials ordered the closure of the slaughterhouse, as well as isolation and tests for everyone else who had worked at the Toennies site — putting about 7,000 people under quarantine.
