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Six employees at Smithfield Foods Arnold plant test positive for coronavirus

MICHAEL DIVITTORIO | Monday, April 13, 2020 10:13 p.m.

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Six employees at the Smithfield Foods plant in Arnold tested positive for coronavirus.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 President Wendell Young said four people reported positive tests last week, and two more tested positive as of Monday.

He said those individuals have not been to work for at least several days. UFCW represents 107 workers at the plant.

The plant implemented multiple safety measures to combat the coronavirus prior to the employees testing positive, including rigorous cleaning throughout the day and overnight.

https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/six-employees-at-smithfield-foods-arnold-plant-test-positive-for-coronavirus/

“The nature of this work is you have to work in close proximity with other people,” Young said. “For that reason, they need the proper gear. They need proper sanitation protocols and proper hygiene protocols and ability to take frequent hand wash breaks. Things like that. “Things we didn’t have to do in the past, at least not to this degree."

IOW, they were slack. No where in the article was temperature testing mentioned. Shipping out their illegals might work, as well.