A CONTRACTOR working at BAE has tested positive for coronavirus.

According to BAE bosses, the contractor, one of 2,500 working at the site, was asymptomatic for the virus and not from Cumbria.

A small group of workers have been offered new tests for the virus as a precaution following the positive test from their colleague.

The contractor was told to go home and self-isolate for 10 days, in line with Government guidance.

The positive case was confirmed following a nasal swab test, the results of which are known within hours.