Thirty Workers, Four USDA Inspectors Dead Amid Meat Plant Coronavirus Outbreaks

https://time.com/5836973/usda-inspector-meat-workers-dead-coronavirus/

A fourth U.S. Department of Agriculture food safety inspector died Wednesday from Covid-19, according to a union official, amid an outbreak of the virus in the nation’s meat processors.


President Donald Trump issued an executive order April 28 directing meatpackers to reopen and the USDA announced Friday that 14 processing facilities were reopening. Schelling didn’t provide details on when the deceased inspector contracted the virus.