[ad_1]
Pioneer Food Cannery, a fish processing company, confirmed that a member of its staff tested positive for coronavirus after the government announced that more than 500 workers at a factory in Tema had been infected after a worker contracted the disease.
In a statement, the Tema-based company said that as soon as the first case was confirmed, it temporarily closed the factory for disinfection and cleaning, while staff were quarantined and contact tracing began immediately.
“We can confirm that we have had an employee who tested positive for COVID-19. Positive test results were received on April 17, 2020 and we immediately closed Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) on a temporary basis for disinfection and cleaning, as well as any need for staff self-quarantine and follow-up contacts to identify potential risks. These efforts were carried out in collaboration with local health and government authorities, ”the company said.
However, he suggested that he had not yet received the full results of tests carried out on his staff, which the government estimated to be around 1,300.
The president, Nana Akufo-Addo, in his national speech on Sunday, May 10, 2020, said: “It is important to highlight that five hundred and thirty-three (533) of the nine hundred twenty-one (921) new cases between last Wednesday and Thursday were workers from a fish processing factory located in Tema registered. ”
Many Ghanaians received the information with anxiety, especially within the Topic area, especially since that is the largest number of confirmed cases within a single organization.
Some even called for the company to be penalized for its alleged negligence and for failing to implement adequate precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
But the company in its statement said it already had adequate cleaning and hygiene measures, but that it reinforced those measures after the confirmation of COVID-19 cases in Ghana.
“[The] Additional measures such as temperature controls at the PFC inlets and outlets, alcohol-in-alcohol supply to facilitate regular hand disinfection, social distancing, wearing masks and requiring self-declaration of any symptoms, as well as regular monitoring of the staff health, “he said.
The company added that it is in constant contact with its employees to monitor their health and urges them to follow all the guidelines and precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
“The health and safety of our employees is our highest priority and it is important to us that they are cared for and reassured. At the same time, we are doing everything in our power to ensure the continuity of our operations and to ensure the food supply to consumers. We will provide more updates in due course. ”
— citinewsroom
