WORKERS at one of East Lancashire's biggest factories were told not to panic about a mystery stomach bug that hit more than 20 employees.

Greetings card makers Joseph Arnold, who employ more than 1,000 at Church, closed the canteen after the workers reported sick with vomiting and diarrhoea. A man was admitted to the regional isolation unit at Monsall Hospital, with suspected salmonella.

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