The UK s biggest testing lab has been hit by an outbreak of coronavirus after what one worker claimed were repeated breaches of COVID safety rules, Sky News has learned.
Positive cases have been reported in three of the four scientific teams at the Milton Keynes Lighthouse Laboratory, as well as among administrative and warehouse staff at the site.
It is not known how many people have been affected by the outbreak, but around 20 people in one 70-person lab team are currently isolating, according to a worker at the laboratory who asked to remain anonymous.
The outbreak has placed considerable strain on the lab, which has been asked to process 70,000 tests a day in order to keep up with rising demand.
Dr Chris Jones, deputy chief medical officer for Wales and first minister Mark Drakeford THE new strain of coronavirus is mainly present in the Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend according to the deputy chief medical officer for Wales. Dr Chris Jones said in a press briefing with First Minister Mark Drakeford that the new strain of coronavirus is responsible for 60 per cent of new cases in Wales and that last Monday the Welsh Government was aware of 10 cases in Wales and this had doubled by Friday, with the new cases mainly being found in the Bridgend and Vale of Glamorgan areas.
Mutant coronavirus strain circulating in North Wales and it accounts for at least one in five cases
The proportion of people infected with it is expected to be even higher, deputy chief medical officer for Wales, Dr Chris Jones warns
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