Coronavirus: Camira Fabrics at Meltham Mills confirms positive tests
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Local lockdown restrictions have been tightened at the factory in Kirklees
Three workers at a textile firm in West Yorkshire have tested positive for coronavirus, it has been confirmed.
The staff members are all night shift workers at the Camira Fabrics site at Meltham Mills, Huddersfield.
They are all recovering at home, a joint statement from the firm, Kirklees Council and Public Health England said.
The company has taken a number of precautionary measures, including deep-cleaning all machinery and common areas, the statement added.
The other night shift workers - about 15 people - have been asked to self-isolate for the next two weeks and will be offered testing at a mobile unit on site.
Several people have already been tested, with no further positive cases reported so far.
Anyone else who may have come into contact with the affected people outside the premises will be followed up by NHS Test and Trace and they may be advised to self-isolate for 14 days.
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The company will continue to operate as normal during the daytime and the risk to local residents from this outbreak was described as "very low".
The company manufactures seat upholstery for trains and buses.
Conservative MP Jason McCartney said he had been briefed by the local director of public health about the cases at Camira Fabrics which is in his Colne Valley constituency.
"I welcome the fact that both Kirklees council and the company themselves have been very proactive in responding to these cases," he said.
"It all needs to be based on accurate localised data and this shows it is working because cases have been identified and action taken."
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