A South Dakota pork processing plant will partially reopen Monday after shuttering for more than two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that infected hundreds of employees, a union that represents plant workers said Friday. Smithfield Foods asked about 250 employees to report to the plant on Monday
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A South Dakota pork processing plant will partially reopen Monday after shuttering for more than two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that infected hundreds of employees, a union that represents plant workers said Friday.
The Virginia-based company asked that employees who are sick or who might be more susceptible to severe illness and death from the virus — those over age 60 or who have existing health problems — to stay home, according to the union. For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.More than 800 employees of the Sioux Falls plant have tested positive for the coronavirus and two have died.
Arkansas-based Tyson Foods said Friday that its Logansport, Indiana, pork processing plant also will reopen Monday. It's been closed since last Saturday. All employees received testing, the Indianapolis Star reported, but Tyson did not disclose how many tested positive. Story continuesMore than 4,900 workers at meat and poultry processing facilities have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, including 20 who died, according to a report released Friday by the CDC. The illnesses occurred among 130,000 workers at 115 facilities in 19 states, according to the CDC. Some other states didn’t provide data, so the actual count is believed to be higher.
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