Hospitals reporting fewer poultry workers positive for COVID-19 - Gainesville Times

By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.

Hospitals reporting fewer poultry workers positive for COVID-19

A Pilgrim's employee walks across Industrial Boulevard Tuesday, April 14, 2020, prior to entering the Gainesville poultry plant. COVID-19 has hit the Latino community particularly hard, so the poultry industry has been taking additional safety measures to protect its workers, many of whom are Latino. - photo by Scott Rogers

04152020 POULTRY 4.jpg — A Pilgrim's employee walks across Industrial Boulevard Tuesday, April 14, 2020, prior to entering the Gainesville poultry plant. COVID-19 has hit the Latino community particularly hard, so the poultry industry has been taking additional safety measures to protect its workers, many of whom are Latino. - photo by Scott Rogers

In the first three weeks of May, the number of poultry plant workers testing positive for COVID-19 was down considerably compared to the three preceding weeks.