Coronavirus: 'Circulating air' may have spread COVID-19 to 1,500 German meat plant staff

An outbreak of coronavirus that infected more than 1,500 people at a German slaughterhouse may have been spread by 'circulating air'

But critics argue governor Armin Laschet should have acted sooner.

"The state could have used a government that intervened quickly and decisively, and didn't wait a week to prevent a second wave of infections rolling over all of Germany and Europe.Germany: Rise in virus numbers 'linked to meat industry' Abour 600 tests have been carried out in the region on people who did not work at the slaughterhouse.

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