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Tag: meat processing plants

shows men bent over green plants, pulling peppers into baskets
Posted inPublic Health

With more farmers and food handlers testing positive for the coronavirus, consumers wonder if food is safe to eat.

by Aaliyah Bowden June 5, 2020June 17, 2020
A small storefront has become a Latino grocery store called Tienda Centro reads the sign. Siler City has one of the highest rates of COVID infection in North Carolina
Posted inHealth Inequities

Latinos, the coronavirus and a single ZIP code

by Greg Barnes May 29, 2020January 29, 2021
we look through a chain link fence into an industrial complex / poultry plantwhere multiple workers have tested positive for COVID-19
Posted inMinority Health

As COVID races through Mountaire Farms poultry plant, workers deemed vital feel dispensable

by Victoria Bouloubasis May 28, 2020May 29, 2020
shows a woman standing at a podium, gesturing with her hands, talking about COVID
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – May 21 – Rare COVID-related child illness; Tyson plant and Forsyth case jump; pause on NC jury trials

by Editor May 21, 2020April 14, 2021
shows a woman putting on her personal protective equipment as she prepares to test someone for COVID
Posted inHealthcare Workers

Tryon Medical Partners deploys teams around the country to keep businesses open

by Tony Mecia May 10, 2020January 29, 2021
Man in a dark green shirt stands at a podium, he's talking about actions north Carolina is taking against the coronavirus, COVID-19. He's been working extensively with Gov. Roy Cooper and Sec. Mandy Cohen
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – May 6 – Some businesses can reopen, while others wait; masks and summer camps

by Editor May 6, 2020April 14, 2021

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