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meat packing plant employees call for investigation after 21 COVID-19 cases confirmed
By Alexis McAdams
Sunday, April 19, 2020 12:37AM
CHICAGO (WLS) — With 21 coronavirus cases confirmed at a meat packing plant on Chicago’s South Side, employees are demanding more equipment to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Workers at the nearly century-old Rose Packing are worried for their health and safety.
“They need to shut down and clean and sterilize, make sure they do not have other employees sick,” said a family spokesperson for two Rose Packing employees.
Both employees said they’re quarantined after contracting COVID-19. They asked not to be identified out of fear of repercussions.
One of the employees, a man in his late 50s, said he collapsed and had to be rushed to the hospital after falling ill with the deadly virus.
“Fever, he could not breath, we honestly thought at first it was like a stroke,” the spokesperson said.
Rose Packing has confirmed 21 cases of COVID-19 out of more than 500 employees. But people who work there say the numbers are much higher.
“People notice that there are employees missing, you know?” the spokesperson said.