Apr 22, 2020

Iowa Sends National Guard to Defend Meat Plants

Hundreds of personnel activated as coronavirus sweeps through meat-processing plants

source: Yahoo Finance

数以百计的国家Guard personnel are being activated in Iowa as coronavirus sweeps through meat-processing plants in a state that accounts for about a third of U.S. pork supply.

According to a report atYahoo Finance, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said 250 National Guard members have been moved to full-time federal duty status and could help with testing and contact tracing for workers at plants operated by Tyson Foods Inc. and National Beef Packing Co.

Activating guard soldiers is the latest attempt to contain the disease, which has forced a growing number of slaughterhouses and meat-processing plants to slow or halt operations.

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