Some 480 workers, many of them seasonal from Eastern Europe, at a German farm have been quarantined after 174 of them tested positive for coronavirus, a source learned on Sunday. official.
As of Friday, 174 seasonal workers - mostly from Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine - have tested positive at the Bavarian farm in western Germany, where they collect cucumbers, said during a press conference the administrator of the district of Dingolfing-Landau, Werner Bumeder.
Test campaigns in other farms
All seasonal workers and those in charge of operations are confined to the site and separated according to whether they are positive or negative for Covid-19, said the same source, adding that an employee has been hospitalized.
Bavarian Health Minister Melanie Huml said the authorities were taking the situation "very seriously" and were planning to organize testing campaigns in other farms in the region.
Residents of Manning commune, where this new active outbreak was detected, will be able to get tested for free, she added, insisting that this is especially important for those planning to go on vacation.
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