Burton Latimer warehouse worker tests positive for coronavirus

A worker at the Morrisons distribution centre in Burton Latimer has tested positive for coronavirus, it has been confirmed.

Staff at the Altendiez Way site were told yesterday that the employee - who is understood to work in the groceries section - had been infected.

One employee, who did not want to be named, said: "We are very concerned.

"We have people working here who have underlying health conditions like diabetes and they are really worried."

Hundreds are employed at the distribution centre which, alongside a site in Corby, receives 5,500 pallets every day and delivers to 80 UK stores.

Morrisons say there has since been a deep clean and the worker has been sent home to self-isolate.

A spokesman said: "A colleague at our Latimer Park site has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

"As soon as Morrisons was informed - and in line with Public Health England's guidelines - we switched on our processes which include self-isolation advice and a deep clean of the working area."

Latest figures from Public Health England show 3,269 UK cases of coronavirus with 16 in Northamptonshire, although the figure is expected to be much higher because of a lack of testing.

More than 140 people who had tested positive in the UK have died including 'amazing' dad-of-two Craig Ruston who died at Kettering General Hospital. An elderly man also died at Northampton General Hospital.

Cases of coronavirus have also been confirmed this month at Southfield School in Kettering and at a care home in Desborough.