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Iowa Health Official Says 555 Workers at Tyson Meat Plant Test Positive for COVID-19

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Iowa Health Official Says 555 Workers at Tyson Meat Plant Test Positive for COVID-19
Tyson Foods employees are seen wearing protective masks and standing between plastic dividers at the company’s poultry processing plant in Camilla, Ga., in a file photo. Tyson Foods via AP
Tom Ozimek
By Tom Ozimek, Reporter
Updated:

A top Iowa health official said that 555 of the 2,517 employees at the Tyson Foods meat plant in Storm Lake have tested positive for COVID-19.

Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) Deputy Director Sarah Reisetter on Thursday confirmed the outbreak, speaking at Gov. Kim Reynolds’s daily COVID-19 press briefing.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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