A total of 292 employees at a sandwich factory which supplies Marks & Spencer have tested positive for Covid-19.
Greencore, based in Northampton, said the staff who received positive results are all self-isolating. Northamptonshire County Council confirmed 79 employees tested positive from NHS tests, while a further 213 came through Greencore’s private testing. The company decided to carry out its own tests following a spike in cases in the town. Confirmed cases increased from 66 in the week ending August 2, to 85 for the week ending August 9.Greencore said in a statement: ‘As a result of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the Northampton area, we took the decision to start proactively testing all of the colleagues at our Northampton site.
Just sayin'
It sounds like it wasn’t just butter they were spreading
They should test the guard dogs and sandwiches as well. Many of those tests are false positive.
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