The site where coronavirus was first confirmed in Kent is set to reopen for business next month.

Bosses at the Maidstone Studios have confirmed the site will reopen on July 1 with new social distancing measures in place.

The studios on Vinters Business Park, which is home to around 40 businesses, became Kent's first link to Covid-19 when a worker tested positive on March 1.

An employee at North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), who worked on the first floor, had returned from a trip to Rome the previous week.

The worker was immediately sent home and the offices deep cleaned.

A week later, a second case emerged with health officials saying this person was connected to the first.

The employees were not in a role where they came into contact with patients.

Perspex screens will be introduced in the galleries and the entire site has been taped to show the two-metre rule.

Hand sanitiser dispensers have been placed throughout and production offices have been reconfigured so people are not sitting face-to-face.

Some of the offices providing essential services have remained open during the pandemic while following government guidelines.

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