德国一肉联厂暴发疫情

New outbreak at slaughterhouse

德国一肉联厂暴发疫情

Regional officials in western Germany said Wednesday that the number of new COVID-19 cases linked to a large meatpacking plant has risen to 657.

德国西部地区官员6月17日表示，与一家大型肉类加工厂密切关联的新冠肺炎新增确诊病例已增至657例。

Health officials in Guetersloh said they have received a total of 983 test results from workers at the Toennies slaughterhouse. Of those, 326 tests were negative.

据特斯洛县的卫生官员说，他们已经收到滕尼斯肉联厂共983名员工的检测结果，其中326人的检测结果呈阴性。

The infection rate in the country declined sharply after authorities imposed nationwide social distancing rules in March and the daily case increase has averaged between 300-400 in June.

3月德国实施全国范围的社交距离规定后，感染率大幅下降，6月该国的每日新增病例在300-400例之间。

The company said the outbreak at the slaughterhouse may have been linked to workers taking the opportunity to visit their families in eastern European countries as border controls were relaxed.

滕尼斯肉联厂方面表示，疫情可能与边境管制放松后员工去东欧国家探亲有关。

Local officials ordered the closure of the slaughterhouse, as well as isolation and tests for everyone else who had worked at the Toennies site - putting about 7,000 people under quarantine.

当地官员已下令关闭这家肉联厂，并对其余员工进行隔离和检测，约7000人被隔离。

They also decided to close schools and child care centers across the county from Thursday.

他们还决定自6月18日起关闭全县所有学校和儿童看护中心。