A JBS SA poultry plant in southern Brazil was hit by an outbreak of COVID-19, according to labor prosecutors, marking the first large-scale infection at a Brazilian meat plant.
) poultry plant in southern Brazil was hit by an outbreak of COVID-19, according to labor prosecutors, marking the first large-scale infection at a Brazilian meat plant.
The respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus affected 20 workers at the meat-processing facility in the town of Passo Fundo, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, according to a representative from the state’s labor prosecutor’s office on Friday. It declined to comment on the cases of COVID-19 affecting its employees and said nothing specifically about the outbreak at the Passo Fundo plant, which employs 2,600 workers.
The labor prosecutor’s office, which on Saturday filed a civil lawsuit against JBS seeking damages, said the meat processor’s failure to follow health authority guidelines had triggered its investigation.
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