IOWA CITY, Iowa — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly released records show. On May 5, Reynolds said at her then-daily news briefing that the public health department had …
Tyson Foods Inc is preparing to reopen its largest US pork plant where at least 444 workers tested positive for COVID-19 and two died. Tyson Foods is preparing to reopen its largest US pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa, this week after a coronavirus outbreak sickened at least 444 workers and killed two Some of the largest slaughterhouses and processing …
