Bernard Matthews coronavirus outbreak getting bigger with 53 workers testing positive

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The firm has brought in new measures to help protect staff in response to the outbreak at the facility in Holton near Halesworth, Suffolk

The Bernard Matthews turkey processing plant in Holton, near Halesworth, Suffolk (Image: East Anglia News Service)

Fifty-three workers at a Bernard Matthews turkey plant in Suffolk have tested positive for Coronavirus

Thirty-nine of those who tested positive are currently self-isolating, with the others having finished their period of self-isolation.

Most of the workers who have been infected live in the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft areas.

Additional measures have been put in place to keep staff safe on site, including new entrances to aid a one-way movement of staff.

More working bubbles have also been created.

And the firm has brought in Covid-19 bus marshals on its free staff transport in response to the outbreak at the facility in Holton near Halesworth.

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