Covid-19 cases at the Coupar Angus 2 Sisters meat factory is growing by the day. The latest figures released on Saturday revealed that 79 workers and 11 community contacts had all tested positive.
Earlier in the week Nicola Sturgeon ordered every worker at the processing plant to self isolate and get tested immediately.
Commenting on the alarming spike in victims, Dr Emma Fletcher, Associate Director of Public Health for NHS Tayside, said today: “The figures for Tayside as a whole rose significantly in the last 24 hours and our initial review of this total has identified that the overwhelming majority of these new cases look to be linked to the 2 Sisters factory.“We are undertaking detailed contact tracing of these positive cases to ensure.