Virus hotspot fears close Netherlands meat plant
May 29, 2020, 15:39 IST
Amsterdam, May 29 (AP) Dutch authorities have closed a third meatpacking plant in a week for fear it would be source of coronavirus transmission.
The Van Rooi plant in the southern Netherlands was closed on health grounds after 16% of a sample of 130 workers tested positive.
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"The test results show that there is a risk that the company can become a hotspot to spread the coronavirus within a short timespan," the regional security authority said in a statement.
The plant will be closed until at least June 2. Over 30,000 people work in the Dutch meatpacking and slaughterhouse industry. (AP) AMS AMS(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)