26 Feb, 2020 @ 14:11
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HUNDREDS of workers sent home on Spain’s Costa del Sol due to possible coronavirus exposure

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MORE than 200 workers have been sent home from the Ericsson offices in Malaga due to possible coronavirus exposure. 

It comes after an employee at the branch revealed he had been working in the same office as an employee who tested positive in Croatia.

According to Diario Sur, the company sent an email to its more than 200 staff at 12pm yesterday to say that in accordance with its ‘zero risk’ policy in relation to coronavirus, all employees must work from home.

It is not clear how long they will barred from returning to the office at the Technology Park of Andalucia (PTA).

The worker who was in Croatia did not have direct contact with the infected employee and has no symptoms.

Ericsson has told its workers to see a doctor if they develop any symptoms such as a fever or a cough.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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