COVID-19: Inside a town under new lockdown in Germany after slaughter house outbreak

A view of the empty center of Rheda-Wiedenbrueck is pictured. After a coronavirus outbreak at a slaughterhouse in the town it has infected more than 1,500 workers out of a total of nearly 7,000 German authorities ordered a new lockdown for an entire district -- the first since easing coronavirus restrictions and a major setback for hopes of a swift return to normality.

Empty seats are seen in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, as the outbreak of the COVID-19 continues, Germany.

Medical staff and helpers from the German army take COVID-19 tests of Toennies employees and their families who are quarantined in Verl, Germany. Following the corona outbreak at meat processor Toennies in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, the federal state authorities are massively restricting public life in the Guetersloh district with a lockdown.

An almost empty center of Rheda-Wiedenbrueck is pictured, as the outbreak of the COVID-19 continues, Germany.

Sculptures of persons are seen near to empty seats in the center of Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, as the outbreak of the COVID-19 continues, Germany.

People wait in line to get tested at a testing centre as the outbreak of the COVID-19 continues in Guetersloh, Germany.

A waitress walks past empty chairs and tables in a restraurant in the city of Rheda-Wiedenbrueck.

Citizens walk at the pedestrian zone in Guetersloh, in western Germany.

Sculptures of persons are seen near to empty seats in the center of Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, as the outbreak of the COVID-19 continues, Germany.

Toennies employees and their families are quarantined in their apartments behind fences in Verl, Germany. Following the corona outbreak at meat processor Toennies in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, the federal state authorities are massively restricting public life in the Guetersloh district with a lockdown. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Helpers bring food to families behind a fence, who are quarantined in their apartments in Verl, Germany.