Cargill poultry processing plant in London, Ont., is halting production effective Tuesday in response to a growing COVID-19 outbreak at the plant.Cargill, which employs roughly 900 people at its London facility, says at least 82 active cases are currently associated with the outbreak.It’s a dramatic climb from just nine cases the Middlesex-London Health Unit reported one week ago.
Coronavirus: Should food processing workers get vaccine priority? Cargill says the step to temporarily idle the facility was taken “out of an abundance of caution,” adding that employees will receive a weekly guarantee of 36 hours of pay during the shutdown.The company also says it has made testing available to all employees and is “working closely” with the.