Coronavirus: Food factory cluster cases in Coupar Angus up to 110

Hundreds of workers at the factory have now been tested

The number of positive Covid-19 cases linked to a food processing plant in Coupar Angus has now reached 110.

A total of 96 employees at the 2 Sisters factory have tested positive, plus 14 of their contacts. That is up from 20 on Saturday.

Indoor visits to care homes, due to be reinstated across Scotland on Monday, can no longer go ahead in the area.

The plant was closed last Monday for two weeks and more than 800 staff have now been tested.

Workers and those sharing a household with them, including children, must self-isolate until 31 August.

• 123 new Covid-19 cases recorded in last 24 hours

NHS Tayside said indoor visiting for end-of-life care or to support a resident's wellbeing at times of distress could continue, as long as all infection prevention and control measures were in place, including appropriate use of PPE.

Outdoor visiting can also continue.

At least two of the contacts who tested positive have links to other food processing plants in Tayside.

'What we expected'

Dr Emma Fletcher, associate director of public health for NHS Tayside, said: "The increase in positive cases linked to the factory again today is in line with what we expected and we continue to undertake detailed contact tracing of all cases to ensure everyone fully understands what action they must take.

"Over the last week in Tayside as a whole, more than 2,500 tests have been taken at the testing sites across the area, including the two dedicated facilities in Coupar Angus and Dundee brought in specifically to support testing of 2 Sisters factory workers.

"Hundreds of workers have attended for testing and given the volume of testing which has now been completed, we expect positive cases to continue to rise in the coming days as tests are processed and we receive the results."

All workers and their household contacts, including children, should self-isolate until 31 August, even if they have a negative result.

Official figures at the weekend showed that NHS Tayside, which covers the Coupar Angus area, saw the biggest 24-hour increase in positive cases.

As of 14:00 on Saturday, the figure stood at 78 wile the total number of positive cases across Scotland rose by 123.

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