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Coronavirus outbreak at chicken processing plant in Norfolk as staff test positive

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Seven workers at a chicken processing plant have tested positive for coronavirus, while five more are isolating as they await test results.

Louise Smith, Norfolk County Council's director of public health, said testing would be ramped up at Banham Poultry in Attleborough, where several hundred people work.

Announcing the outbreak, she said the plant had acted quickly to prevent the spread of the virus, and that Banham Poultry's management team was working with the county council to trace the contacts of the workers who had tested positive. "We are monitoring the situation and taking action to prevent further transmission both at the site and in the community," Ms Smith said. "Testing of a further number of staff is being arranged at the

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