SAO PAULO: Hundreds of meatpacking workers at a single BRF SA plant in southern Brazil have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company ...
A logo of Brazilian meatpacker BRF SA is seen in the headquarters in Curitiba, Brazil. SAO PAULO: 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.
Brazilian meatpacker BRF said in a statement that nearly 340 people, or 6.6 per cent of workers, at its Concordia plant in Santa Catarina state had tested positive for the virus.The workers have been pre-emptively 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 company said it has tested all of the 5,132 workers at its Concordia facility, which processes poultry and pork, with 93 per cent of workers who tested negative returning to work on Monday.
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