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As the world's leading chemical leader, Germany's BASF Group (BASF) has attracted market attention with its every move
.
As the world's leading chemical leader, Germany's BASF Group (BASF) has attracted market attention with its every move
.
A few days ago (March 8, local time), BASF Group confirmed that a worker at the company's headquarters in Ludwigshafen has tested positive for the new crown virus.
At present, the infected person and his close contacts (other BASF employees) have been quarantined at home
.
Due to the special status of BASF's Ludwigshafen plant, it is the world's largest integrated chemical production base with 110 production facilities and about 200 production units, including citral (VA, VE core raw materials, BASF supplies about 80% of citral), VA, VE, TDI, etc.
can affect the global supply, so the news also triggered some market doubts, thinking that this may affect the company's normal production operations and vitamin market supply
.
However, in a reply to reporters on the 11th, BASF Group stated that the company has followed the advice of the local health authority, and the infected employees and their close contacts have now been quarantined at home
.
In addition, BASF also told reporters that in recent years, BASF has taken precautions to formulate the "Base Epidemic Preparedness Plan", covering medical treatment, hygiene, and corresponding prevention and control measures.
"The main purpose of the plan is to (including) the possible impact of a pandemic outbreak on BASF’s production operations is minimized
.
At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is developing rapidly in Europe, and many European countries, including Italy and Spain, have become "hardest hit areas", and the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Germany has also spread to all federal states
.
According to the latest data released by the Robert Koch Institute, the German disease prevention and control agency, as of 15:00 on March 10, local time, a total of 1,296 cases of new coronavirus pneumonia were diagnosed in Germany, an increase of 157 cases compared with 15:00 on March 9
.
