"We will reintroduce containment throughout the canton of Gütersloh", which has about 360,000 inhabitants in the west of the country, said the leader of the region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet.

Germany announced Tuesday for the first time a local reconfiguration linked to the new coronavirus after the appearance of an outbreak of contamination in a large slaughterhouse where more than 1,500 cases of infections have been detected.

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"We will reintroduce containment throughout the canton of Gütersloh", which has about 360,000 inhabitants in the west of the country, said the leader of the region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet.