Corby logistics giant confirms positive Covid cases

A major logistics company that has two sites in Corby has confirmed that staff at one of its sites have tested positive for Covid-19.

iForce's Geddington Road Corby Midlands Logistics Park base works with some of the UK's biggest brand names including John Lewis and Tesco.

The company, that has another site in Long Croft Road, Corby, has issued a statement confirming a number of positive cases at the Geddington Road site.

A spokesman for iForce said: "iForce can confirm that a very small number of colleagues have tested positive at one of their sites in Geddington Road, Corby and we wish them a speedy recovery.

"The health, safety and well-being of all our colleagues is absolute paramount and we have gone to great lengths to ensure all our employees are safe.

"We have put in place robust measures, all in line with the government guidelines, and invested in further safety measures to protect all of our key workers.

"These are unprecedented circumstances and our priorities are the safety and welfare of our colleagues.

"We continue to enforce strict hygiene and social distancing measures in all of our locations and work hard to keep our people safe, as we have done so since the start of this pandemic.”