Recap: Bomb squad called to incident near vaccine factory on Wrexham Industrial Estate
The area around the Wockhardt plant which helps produce the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab is cordoned off and police are in attendance
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The area is currently closed off near the Wockhardt factory. The plant is being used to help produce the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
It is owned by Indian drug-maker Wockhardt, whose name was chosen to sound like “work hard”.
A spokesman for North Wales Police said: We are currently dealing with an ongoing incident on the Wrexham Industrial Estate.
By Press Association 2021
A suspect package is being investigated at a site where coronavirus vaccines are manufactured.
Global pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt, which provides fill-and-finish for Covid-19 vaccines, said the company’s site in Wrexham has been “partially” evacuated.
Police officers and a bomb disposal unit are at the scene.
A spokeswoman for the company said: “Wockhardt UK in Wrexham this morning received a suspicious package.
“All relevant authorities were immediately notified and engaged. Upon expert advice we have partially evacuated the site pending a full investigation. The safety of our employees and business continuity remains of paramount importance.”