Union calls for shutdown of pork-processing plant after more workers test positive
There are 30 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Thursday — the second-highest single-day jump since the start of the pandemic — including 18 connected to a cluster in Brandon.
The new cases were announced as more workers at a Brandon pork-processing facility tested positive for the novel coronavirus, prompting the union representing workers at the plant to call for it to shut down.
Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin wouldn't comment directly on the cases at Maple Leaf Foods, but he said public health officials are working closely with people in the industry due to outbreaks at meat-processing plants in other jursidictions.