Thirteen more coronavirus cases linked to meat processing factory in Melbourne

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Thirteen more coronavirus cases linked to meat processing factory in Melbourne

The number of coronavirus cases linked to a Melbourne meat processing factory as grown to 62 after 13 new cases.

Cedar Meats has become a COVID-19 cluster after the first employee tested positive for the virus three weeks ago.

Staff were notified about the latest cases on Thursday morning, which include seven workers and six close contacts.

Another 13 cases are linked to the coronavirus-riddled Cedar Meats factory in Melbourne

They were among 14 new cases recorded in Victoria overnight, taking the statewide tally to 1,454 with 105 active cases.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews expects the number of cases linked to the meat processing factory to continue rising.

‘We have obviously an outbreak at a meatworks,’ he told reporters on Thursday morning.

‘That is 13 of those 14 cases that I just referenced in terms of today’s additional cases. That’s the nature of outbreaks. This is a very infectious disease, it spreads rapidly.’

All 350 staff at the meat processing facility were tested last week and the site has since been shut down.

Eight infected Victorians remain in hospital with coronavirus, including six in intensive care.

The latest cases linked to the Cedar Meats site include seven staff and six close contacts

Source: Daily Mail australia

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