Abattoir air cooling systems could pose Covid-19 risks, expert warns
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin from on (#550T2)
Analysis of Tonnies meat plant system in Gutersloh shows it contributed to spread of aerosol droplets laden with coronavirus
Air cooling systems used at abattoirs could be an overlooked risk factor accounting for Covid-19 outbreaks, according to scientists who have studied conditions at a meat-processing plant at the heart of a cluster of infections in Germany.
Martin Exner, a hygiene and public health expert at the University of Bonn, spent two days analysing the Tonnies plant in Gutersloh, a western German city sent back into lockdown this week after around 1,500 employees were infected with coronavirus.
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