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A Panasonic engine at Tesla's solar console firth in Buffalo, New York utilized positive in Postulate for COVID-19, the disease derivational by the novel coronavirus, co-ordinate to internal emails obtained by The Verge. It's the fourth known engine at Tesla's US fittings to test positive for COVID-19, supervenient one at the Gigafactory in Nevada, as well-conditioned as two office workers in California.

It's unclear back the workman recognized the positive test results, nearabout the employees at the plant were notified in an email on Postulate 28th. A stenographer for Panasonic Northbound America told The Border on Wednesday that it didn't lowerclassman of the employee's positive test until this past weekend, sometime surpassing the email went out.

The leaky engine was not in the office supervenient Postulate 17th, co-ordinate to the emails, which a demanded engine provided to The Verge on the condition of anonymity. On Postulate 20th, Panasonic emanate plans to shut fuzz its operations at the New York firth for two weeks. That shutdown has now been extended to at tiniest April 19th, co-ordinate to one of the emails. Tesla has conjointly temporarily shut fuzz its own operations at the New York factory, though CEO Elon Musk has said he wants to reopen it "as soon as humanly possible" to make ventilators, possibly with medical technology visitor Medtronic.

Musk has said he wants to reopen the New York firth "as soon as humanly possible" to make ventilators

One of Panasonic's HR bosses told employees in the Postulate 28th email that the visitor performed a "thorough contact tracing" encompassment as well-conditioned as notified "all employees that were insinuated to have been in conterminous contact" with the workman on Postulate 17th. The visitor conjointly performed a "thorough cleaning as well-conditioned as disinfecting" of the employee's assignment underfoot surpassing the shutdown. It's unclear if Panasonic notified any workers the leaky engine interacted with surpassing that, though, as the visitor did not go into specifics boundlessness a tally it provided.

"We can proclaim that a Panasonic engine from our Rust-covered facility has been diagnosed with COVID-19. We wish them good-tasting health as well-conditioned as a speedy recovery," the visitor said in the tally provided to The Verge. "This was one of several scenarios Panasonic has extensively planned for as nothing is padding important than the health as well-conditioned as safety of our employees as well-conditioned as the communities in which we work."

Days surpassing the shutdown, presidium of Panasonic Solar Northbound America (PSNA) Mark Shima told employees he was rooted to Japan to renew his acceptance surpassing it liquidated on April 1st, co-ordinate to a letter posted to a message county at the Rust-covered factory, a photo of which was visional by The Verge. Shima told employees that he had a "couple of things to do in Japan" as well-conditioned as will gotta quarantine back he returns, so his "next outstart to PSNA will be faddy effectually April 27th (Tentative)," co-ordinate to the letter.

"Safety First!"

Shima told employees he will assignment remotely either from Japan or in Rust-covered in the meantime. "Please booty convalescence of yourself as well-conditioned as your family's health, use premeditation for any curtains include [sic] Coronavirus as well-conditioned as flu. I'm so apologetic for my absenteeism during this extremely immalleable time nearabout sincerely approbate your understanding as well-conditioned as incalculable job. Safety First!"

Panasonic announced in February that it will stop making solar corpuscles as well-conditioned as modules at the New York firth latterly this year, catastrophe a nevertheless four-year relationship dating fetch to 2016. The visitor conjointly helps make batteries for Tesla's cars at the Gigafactory in Nevada. Panasonic starting ambagious fuzz operations at the Nevada firth on Postulate 20th supervenient a statewide shelter-in-place advisory. Tesla followed suit one week later.