No more Covid cases at Corby warehouse where worker tested positive

Forty-six employees have now returned to work
46 workers have tested negative46 workers have tested negative
46 workers have tested negative

A Corby warehouse which sent workers to be tested for Covid after an employee caught the virus has confirmed almost 50 negative results.

Just two people from those on the shift at the Europa Worldwide warehouse at the Midlands Logistics Park have not returned to work after the member of staff tested positive on Sunday.

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They are the affected employee and one family member who also works on the same shift, who is now self-isolating. A total of 46 other workers have confirmed negative results and returned to work.

All workers were sent "immediately" to the walk-in testing centre in James Ashworth VC Square after the positive test result was confirmed last wek.

Previously, Europa's logistics director Maria Torrent-March said: “In line with its protocols Europa’s Covid health and safety group immediately set in motion proactive measures to protect the safety and wellbeing of the company’s employees.

"In line with Government guidelines we have strict and very clear protocols about keeping all of our teams as safe as possible.

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"This includes temperature checks for every member of staff arriving on site, hand sanitation, social distancing, daily staff briefings, increased hygiene, staggered working, and minimum visits to the site.

“In addition, before it became mandatory for wearing face covering in supermarkets and other spaces, as a precautionary measure, all personnel that enter our Corby warehouse either as a visitor, contractor, temporary staff, or employees must wear a mask - this is mandatory.

“As the building was constructed during the pandemic the site has already been adapted to enable social distancing, including clear one-way systems, increased hygiene stations and changes to canteen and lockers areas to facilitate social distancing.”

The huge £60m warehouse off Geddington Road was declared open for business in June, having taken on an extra 120 members of staff.

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Europa said that the area where the person who tested positive had been working was also deep cleaned before anyone continued working there.

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