Filipino’s Covid death spurs closure of Canadian meat-packing plant

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Via InquirerUSA When Darwin Doloque, 35, a Filipino permanent resident in Canada, died in his home here on Jan. 28 from Covid-19 linked to his work at the city’s Olymel meat-processing plant, the plant’s officials told news media they planned to remai...

Workers told CBC News that they feared to the plant and for the safety of their families. Several reported negative effects on their mental health as the outbreak continued to spread.The Olymel pork-processing plant in Red Deer, Alberta, was temporarily closed due to a Covid outbreak. CBC

Olymel spokesman Richard Vigneault said the company surveils sanitary measures in place at the plant. “We have strong controls to know where a worker was during the work shift but our weakness is how an employee behaved in private,” Vigneault said. “So we rely on the employee’s honesty to help.” A worker who has also tested positive for COVID-19 claimed that management sends tested workers back inside without the result, possibly infecting others if their tests turn out to be positive..

 

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