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Sioux Falls pork plant shuts for 3 days because of workers sickened by COVID-19

A shutdown of the giant Smithfield Foods meatpacking plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., reverberated across Midwest farms amid rising concern that slaughterhouses have become crucibles for the spread of coronavirus.

At least 80 people had been sickened, the most concentrated COVID-19 outbreak in South Dakota, by Wednesday. Company executives Thursday decided to close the plant for three days.

https://www.startribune.com/sioux-falls-pork-plant-a-crucial-destination-for-minnesota-hogs-closes-over-covid-19/569508672/

 

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