A Hinkley Point C worker has been confirmed as having contracted coronavirus, although the risk to other employees on the project is “very low” according to client EDF.
The man, a Chinese national who was diagnosed after flying to Hong Kong, works at EDF at Bridgwater House in Finzels Reach, Bristol.
The office has since been deep cleaned and four of his co-workers self-isolated but do not have coronavirus and have returned to work.
An EDF spokesperson said: “Public Health England (PHE) has advised that there is a very low risk to Hinkley Point C employees or their contacts from the colleague who developed coronavirus after returning to China.
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