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 …
Workers leave the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind. Local officials say the coronavirus outbreak at a Tyson Foods pork-processing plant in Iowa infected more than 1,000 workers, a far greater number than the state or company has acknowledged. Black Hawk County health officials said Thursday that they have identified 1,031 workers at the Waterloo plant who have …
