Three employees at a large West Auckland chicken processing plant have tested positive for Covid-19.
The Tegel employees tested positive after visiting places of interest in Auckland, but the company's Henderson plant is not a location of interest, a spokesperson told the Herald.
"We are an essential service and we have been operating during all the lockdowns with extensive safety measures in place," the spokesperson said. "However, as we've seen on the daily news bulletins, this variant of Covid is very infectious."
In a message to Tegel employees on Friday, chief executive Egbert Segers said a worker at the company's Henderson plant was at a location of interest on August 14 and subsequently tested positive.
"Although he hasn't been at work in more than a week, we have taken a cautious approach and sent his team away to get tested and isolate until the results come back," Segers said.