A worker at Jaguar Land Rover has tested positive for COVID-19.
The employee is now self-isolating at home after testing positive for the illness commonly known was coronavirus - Birmingham Live reports.
It has not clear if the worker was based at the car giant's Merseyside plant in Halewood or at one of the Midlands sites.
JLR has sites at Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Wolverhampton.
The company said that colleagues who had been in close contact with the employee who had tested positive had been informed and were also self-isolating.
A statement from the company reads: “We can confirm that an employee based at one of our satellite facilities in the UK has tested positive for COVID-19 and is self-isolating at home.
“We have informed anyone who has been in close contact with them at work and told them also to self-isolate for 14 days.
“The health of our workforce and anyone who has been in contact with them is our primary concern.”
Jaguar Land Rover added: “We are following all government and NHS advice and liaising with Public Health England.”
Warrington recorded its first case of coronavirus earlier today.
The fifth person to be diagnosed in Liverpool with the virus was a staff member at Aintree Hospital.
