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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are on the ground in Sioux Falls and will tour a Smithfield Foods plant Thursday"in partnership with state and local officials," Noem said.There's been 518 Smithfield employees who have tested positive for novel coronavirus as well as 126 cases of nonemployees that became infected due to an employee, according to the South Dakota Department of Health.
The governor added she's working with federal officials and Smithfield leaders"on a plan to safely reopen the plant to get it back online to bring some relief not only to our egg producers, but to make sure we're continuing to secure our nation's food supply."President Donald Trump is set to discuss the coronavirus pandemic with G-7 leaders in a conference call on Thursday morning.
The U.S. was set to host of this year’s G-7, which was to be held at Camp David in June, before Trump canceled the gathering three days after that last videoconference in March.Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry spent a second day helping out at Project Angel Food, a charity in Los Angeles that feeds people too sick to do so themselves.
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