Coronavirus: Factory cluster cases in Coupar Angus up 11 to 177

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The two Sisters plant in Coupar Angus used to be closed for 2 weeks on 17 August

The selection of obvious Covid-19 circumstances linked to a meals processing plant in Coupar Angus has risen by 11 to 177.

Health officers tell 157 workers at the 2 Sisters chicken manufacturing facility in Coupar Angus beget now tested obvious.

Twenty of the circumstances are of us in the team who beget been in contact with them.

The plant, which employs than 1,200 workers including approximately 300 agency workers, closed on 17 August for 2 weeks.

More than 5,000 of us beget been tested in Tayside in the previous week.

The general non-agency workers at the manufacturing facility are receiving fat pay whereas the plant is closed.

Enhance, including meals parcels, is being equipped to all workers by councils in Perth and Kinross, Dundee, and Angus.

Workers and of us of their households, including young of us, beget been told to self-isolate till 31 August, even in the event that they’ve tested negative for the virus.

The manufacturing facility is due to reopen on Monday.

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