Almost a third of U.S. pork capacity is down, the first big poultry plants closed on Friday and experts are warning that domestic shortages are just weeks away. Brazil, the world’s No. 1 shipper of chicken and beef, saw its first major closure with the halt of a poultry plant owned by JBS SA, the world’s biggest meat company. Key operations are also down in Canada, the latest being a British Columbia poultry plant.
While hundreds of plants in the Americas are still running, the staggering acceleration for supply disruptions is now raising questions over global shortfalls. Taken together, the U.S., Brazil and Canada account for about 65% of world meat trade.
“It’s absolutely unprecedented,” said Brett Stuart, president of Denver-based consulting firm Global AgriTrends. “It’s a lose-lose situation where we have producers at the risk of losing everything and consumers at the risk of paying higher prices. Restaurants in a week could be out of fresh ground beef.”
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ITALY
Coronavirus Lombardia, Saturday’s data: infections and hospitalizations are falling, Milan is improving
In Lombardy, since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic, 71,969 people have tested positive for Sars-CoV-2 (+713 more than yesterday, when the positive cases reported were 71,256 and the increase on the previous day had been 1,091 ). The data were provided by the Lombardy Region. Of these, 13,269 people died (+163 compared to yesterday, when the increase compared to the day before had been +166) and 46,172 (+790) were cured and discharged. Hospital admissions are 8,489 compared to 8,791 yesterday (-302), those in intensive care 724 (a decrease of 32 hospitalizations compared to yesterday).
These detail the data. The province most affected is that of Milan: the cases went to 17,909 (+219, the growth had been +412 yesterday). Followed by Brescia 12.540 (+65), Bergamo 11.047 (+45), Cremona 5.906 (+39), Monza 4.417 (+45). Milan city records 7,547 cases (+80), yesterday the increase had been +277.
Here the tool that allows you to check the number of positive cases Municipality by Municipality, here the national bulletin. Here the experts explain how long it will take to understand if the restrictions work, here what are the forecasts regarding the peak and here those relating to the day in which it could reach zero new infections. This is the map of contagion in Italy.
Province by Province
Below the map of cases divided by Province
Bergamo 11.047 (+45)
Brescia 12.540 (+65)
Como 2,942 (+71)
Cremona 5,906 (+39)
Lecco 2,157 (+8)
Lodi 2,903 (+67)
Monza and Brianza 4,417 (+45)
Milan 17,909 (+219)
Mantua 3,082 (+25)
Pavia 4,036 (+45)
Sondrio 1,130 (+42)
Varese 2,407 (+31)
Note to self: buy some pork chops and ham steaks next time I go grocery shopping.