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UK farm suffers coronavirus outbreak as 73 workers test positive
coronavirus.The outbreak was detected at AS Green and Co site where people were also living during the harvest season.Tests were carried out after a small number of workers displayed symptoms - and 73 have so far been diagnosed with Covid-19.Many didn't display symptoms, health chiefs have said.Around 200 workers have also been forced to self-isolate in mobile homes on site in Mathon near Malvern.Katie Spence, PHE 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 to self-isolate for seven days, with their households, and close