Hundreds test positive for coronavirus at BRF meatpacking plant in Brazil

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Hundreds of meatpacking workers at a single BRF SA plant in southern Brazil have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company said on Monday, amid global concerns about the pandemic disrupting food supplies.

A logo of Brazilian meatpacker BRF SA is seen in the headquarters in Curitiba, Brazil October 1, 2019. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer

The workers have been preemptively suspended from work based on the positive results from rapid testing and will now be submitted to slower but more accurate molecular diagnostic testing, BRF said. The testing at Concórdia, however, was imposed by a local health authority order, according to the statement.

 

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MuffinAndElliot what the hell is it with the meat packing plants

Brazilians wake up. ...or hell will welcome you

What the fk is going on at those meat packaging plants? Give them proper protective gears. Slow down the process. Better than shutting it down.

Holy Shit

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