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An outbreak of Covid-19 at a Newcastle hotel which led to a spike in local figures is under control, health chiefs have said.
The Novotel at the airport-currently being used to house asylum seekers-recorded 36 cases among staff and residents in the week to 2 April, according to the BBC.
We had two outbreak control team meetings, there has been significant work on the site and we are cooperating with Mears (which is operating the facility for asylum seekers), the Home Office, the police and Public Health England. It looks controlled to me at the moment, the numbers I’m seeing… it looks as if that is satisfactorily reducing now.
