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"Covid-19 Outbreaks At Meat-Processing Plants In US Being Kept Quiet" [1]

"Testing has found positive cases at North Carolina facilities, but officials refuse to release the information"

"DURHAM, N.C. -- A chicken processing facility in western North Carolina reportedly underwent widespread testing for Covid-19 in early June.

Workers at the plant were scared. Several employees had already tested positive and the company, Case Farms – which has been repeatedly condemned for animal treatment and workers’ rights violations – was not providing proper protective equipment.

“We don’t have a lot of space at work. We are shoulder to shoulder,” said one worker, who declined to be identified, during a recent union call. “I’m afraid to go to work, but I have to go.”

The testing turned up 150 positive cases at the facility, the worker said."

Lewis Kendall reports for the Guardian July 1, 2020. [2]

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Source: Guardian [2], 07/02/2020
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/covid-19-outbreaks-meat-processing-plants-us-being-kept-quiet [2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/01/revealed-covid-19-outbreaks-meat-processing-plants-north-carolina [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [10] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81