Aunt Bessie's factory worker dies from coronavirus

A woman who worked at an Aunt Bessie’s factory in Hull has died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.

Based on Freightliner Road, the roast dinner manufacturer which employs around 350 people, confirmed an outbreak of Covid-19 two weeks ago.

Workers have been told to self-isolate and the factory went under a deep clean shortly after the first cases were reported.

Around half a billion Yorkshire puddings are reportedly produced at the site each year.

Tim Fielding, assistant director of public health at Hull City Council, said the risk to the public was is considered to be "very low".

The firm said the factory has had strict measures in place since February 2020, including thermal infrared cameras and additional social distancing measures.

Other precautionary measures in place include Perspex barriers, mandatory face masks and floorspace segregation.

Aunt Bessie's is one of many factories who have been hit by coronavirus outbreaks over the past two months, workers at a toilet paper factory in north Wales confirmed a 'small number' of staff had tested positive.

In August Chicken factory Banham Poultry Limited in Norfolk was forced to partially close after 75 workers tested positive.

Northampton-based sandwich factory Greencore also temporarily closed after almost 300 employees contracted Covid-19.