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Three of four meat processing plants in midlands aren't reopening today following covid-19 outbreaks

Aug 10, 2020 07:26 By News Northern Sound
Three of four meat processing plants in midlands aren't reopening today following covid-19 outbreaks
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Three of four meat processing plants in the midlands aren't reopening today, after recent outbreaks of Covid-19. ​It's after hundreds of new

Three of four meat processing plants in the midlands aren't reopening today, after recent outbreaks of Covid-19.

​It's after hundreds of new cases at the facilities has led to a localised lockdown in Kildare, Laois and Offaly.

150 workers tested positive for the virus at Kildare Chilling, 86 at O'Brien Fine Foods in Timahoe and nine at the Irish Dog Food Factory in Naas.

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Carroll Cuisine in Tullamore, which has reported nine cases, will re-open but is undergoing a deep-clean.

SIPTU will meet with the Meat Industry later to discuss the outbreak among workers.

Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary says his department is working on revising health protocols for meat processing plants:

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