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Tesla tries to calm fears about an outbreak of coronavirus in one of its plants in the U.S.

From the company argue that the contagion of the workers “occurred outside of the work place”, primarily through members of the families in their homes.

Responsible for security of the manufacturer of electric cars Tesla have tried to reassure the concerns of the employees, pointing out that there has been “zero transmissions of covid-19 in the place of work”, after which several staff members were infected with coronavirus in its plant in Fremont, California (US), reports The San Francisco Chronicle.

As stated by the security officer of Tesla, Laurie Shelby, since the company resumed its operations by the pandemic, there were no infections internal. “The exposure to the covid-19 occurred outside of the workplace“, mainly through members of the families in their homes. “In most cases, the employees followed safety protocols,” he added.

However, the explanations do not make clear how the directors of the company Elon Musk came to these conclusions to determine when and where they were infected employees.

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The statements of Shelby arrive a few days after employees of the car manufacturer had to know that some workers had tested positive in the tests covid-19, according to a report by the Washington Post.

Staff members ensured that they are concerned about the current conditions of work in the production plant, with close to 10,000 people, and the little information there is on infection.

Tesla claimed that he increased all of your cleaning protocols and social distancing, as well as the temperature controls for employees entering the facility after its reopening, which occurred before the authorities would permit.

Elon Musk announced in mid-may on his Twitter account the restart of production at its megafab of Fremont, in Alameda, and was willing to be the one arrested for violating the restrictions on the production industrial imposed in that county by reason of the coronavirus.

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