Maple Leaf worker tests positive for COVID-19
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 05/08/2020 (2031 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A worker at Maple Leaf Food’s pork processing plant in Brandon has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email sent out by UFCW local 832 to its members.
According to the email, the worker in question has not been at the plant since July 28 and all workers who came in contact with them have been sent home to self-isolate for 14 days. These workers are still being paid while they are at home.
A copy of the email was sent to the Sun and subsequently verified to be authentic by UFCW local 832’s communications director Chris Noto.
Noto said the union was made aware of the case over the long weekend and the email notifying its members went out Tuesday afternoon. He said it’s believed that the case was isolated.
The Sun has reached out to Maple Leaf for further comment.
In May, a security contractor at the plant tested positive for COVID-19.
Check brandonsun.com and Thursday’s edition of the Sun for more details.
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