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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFord plant temporarily shuts day after reopening when workers test positive for coronavirus
A Chicago Ford assembly plant temporarily shuttered for part of Tuesday, because two employees tested positive for COVID-19 one day after reopening.
The plant shut down on Tuesday, forcing thousands to leave after the employees' test results were revealed, according to local news reports.
Ford told people in close contact with the employees to self-quarantine for 14 days, a spokesperson told The Hill.
The spokesperson said that the plant was shut down for deep cleaning and disinfecting the employees' work areas, team areas, the path they took and equipment they may have touched.
"It is important to note that due to incubation time, we know these employees did not contract COVID-19 while at work," the spokesperson said. "Our protocols are in place to help stop the spread of the virus."
The plant reopened Tuesday night, TV station WGN 9 reported.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/automobiles/498706-chicago-ford-plant-temporarily-shutters-one-day-after
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bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)prevented, had we had the ability to test each employee PRIOR to their return to the workplace.
R B Garr
(16,976 posts)all the way around, for consumers as well.
Arkansas Granny
(31,529 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... about by now if we had one.
R B Garr
(16,976 posts)of the employees to show up for work, so they better have lots of paid 14-day quarantines to hand out!
crickets
(25,983 posts)dweller
(23,661 posts)sans mask ?
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Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Since they are the best we have on offer for thorough investigations AND they know what's best!