Stopping Virus a Huge Challenge at Crowded US Meat Plants

Tyson Foods are workers wearing protective masks and standing between plastic dividers at the company’s Camilla, Georgia poultry processing plant. Tyson added the plastic dividers to create separation between workers because of the CCP virus outbreak. Tyson Foods/AP

OMAHA, Neb.—Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the CCP virus calls into question whether slaughterhouses can remain virus-free.

According to experts, the answer may be no.