Fifty employees are undergoing testing after a colleague contracted Covid-19 at an Adcock Ingram factory.
The pharmaceutical company said in a statement that the employee who tested positive works at a Critical Care manufacturing facility and is now self-quarantined while contacts are traced.
“The company received information [on Thursday] that the employee has tested positive for the virus. The employee remains in self-quarantine and will only return to work once cleared by a health care professional. We are assessing the employee’s home environment and will move the employee to a separate quarantine location if necessary.”
All employees in the section of the factory in which the employee worked, and other contacts, if any, have been or will be self-quarantined.The entire plant was at a complete standstill on Thursday evening while a deep clean was conducted. It is set to reopen on Tuesday.
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