Thursday, 27 August 2020, 20:57
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GOUDA –
Promen, the former sheltered workshop in Gouda, makes a strong link with the ventilation system and the corona outbreak in the company. In July, 21 employees were tested positive for the virus. All infections were diagnosed in people working in a food packaging department. Promen no longer uses the recirculation system, as this type of ventilation system is called.
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The first two were infections recorded on July 21. The department where it was playing was immediately closed that day and the 120 employees were sent home with the urgent advice to stay at home in quarantine for two weeks. A week later, nine people from the same department turned out to be infected, and one from another department who had often visited the food packaging, ‘said Promen spokesperson Marieke Belt earlier. Ultimately, 21 people were found to test positive.
“Although it cannot be said with 100 percent certainty, we strongly suspect that the virus has been spread through the so-called recirculation system,” explains Belt. A specialist in air treatment systems has examined the system in the relevant department at Promen. ‘That investigation only took place after a long period of 48 hours had passed. No more virus particles were found ‘, summarizes Belt. “So there is no proof.”
Spread of virus particles through the recirculation system
No more food is packaged in the conscious department. That has everything to do with working with open windows to provide ventilation. ‘We worked according to the FSSC guidelines. This means that people wear hair and beard nets and work in a closed space. Now that we no longer have this because of the risk of virus particles spreading through the recirculation system, other activities are being carried out, ‘Belt concludes.
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