An epidemic outbreak has occurred in the Tradival slaughterhouse in Fleury-les-Aubrais, near Orléans. - PATRICK GELY / SIPA

Fifty-six employees of a slaughterhouse in Fleury-les-Aubrais (Loiret) contracted Covid-19, as well as thirteen additional contact cases, announced Wednesday the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Center-Val de Loire, at the end of the company screening campaign.

"These employees have been prescribed isolation," wrote the ARS in a press release, adding that the tests were extended to employees of service providers and agents of the veterinary services of the Departmental Directorate of Population Protection (DDPP).

“In total, 397 employees were screened. (…). Positive cases mainly concern the cutting unit. No employee of the service providers or officials of the DDPP has been identified as carrying the disease, ”the agency said.

"Review the organization of work"

A disaster recovery plan will be presented to staff representatives on Friday with a view to resuming work on Monday. According to the ARS, the slaughterhouse will have to "review the organization of work and the management of internal staff flows". Tradival will also have to reorganize collective spaces within the establishment.

In addition, "tests conducted with people around the family of positive cases have revealed thirteen complementary cases," said the ARS, adding that screening would continue.

Over 100 cases of Covid-19 in a Côtes-d'Armor slaughterhouse

The slaughterhouse in the suburbs of Orléans is not the only one to be the subject of a screening campaign. On Wednesday, ARS Bretagne announced more than 100 cases tested positive for Covid-19 in a slaughterhouse in Côtes-d'Armor.

The Minister of Agriculture, Didier Guillaume, estimated on Wednesday that, despite the implementation of barrier measures, “it is sometimes difficult to be within a meter of each other (…) for good and simple reason that there are acts in the slaughterhouse which deserve to be two when you have a slightly heavy animal ”.

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