More than 70 workers have tested positive for coronavirus at a farm in Herefordshire - forcing 200 into isolation. Dozens of people were living on the AS Green and Co site during the harvest season when the outbreak was detected.
Tests were carried out after a small number of workers displayed symptoms - and 73 have so far been diagnosed with the killer virus.
Many of them were not displaying symptoms, health chiefs confirmed. In a statement Katie Spence, Public Health England Midlands health protection director said: “A small number of workers became symptomatic earlier this week and they and a few close contacts among the workforce were tested initially and found to be positive. "In line with NHS guidance, affected individuals were asked