Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz arrives to give testimony at a parliamentary inquiry committee, as he wears a face mask, in Vienna, Austria June 24, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria has issued a warning against travel to the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia after a coronavirus outbreak at a slaughterhouse there, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Wednesday.
More than 1,500 workers at the abattoir in the town of Guetersloh, home to some 100,000 people, have tested positive for the virus, prompting the state to put Guetersloh and a neighbouring town back under lockdown.
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