More than 1,000 workers of the German company meat processing Tönnies was tested positive to the Covid-19, announced Saturday the local authorities. Almost 7,000 employees in total have been placed in quarantine to be tested, including more than 3,100 who have already been.

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The slaughterhouse, located at Rheda-Wiedenbrück, in North Rhine-Westphalia, is one of the largest in the country. He is the leader of its industry for the processing of pork.