The primary-known worker of a Detroit automaker to be recognized with the coronavirus within the U.S. works at a Fiat Chrysler plant in Indiana, firm and union officers confirmed Thursday.

The unnamed male worker on the Kokomo Transmission Plant, situated about 50 miles north of Indianapolis, is presently quarantined and receiving medical care, in accordance with Fiat Chrysler and the United Auto Staff union, which represents employees on the plant.

A Fiat Chrysler spokeswoman stated the corporate was notified of the worker testing optimistic for the illness on Wednesday. Manufacturing on the plant continues as regular, she stated.

Officers with the corporate and union stated they're working with native representatives on the plant to assist the remedy of the worker and taking measures to observe and shield different employees.

An undisclosed quantity of the others who could have come into direct contact with the particular person...