Roughly three weeks after state and federal teams descended on the Panhandle to address the outbreak of coronavirus cases tied to local meatpacking plants, @GovAbbott will give an update from the region.
Tune in here at 2 p.m. CT: bit.ly/2XCQ4QO
Tune in here at 2 p.m. CT: bit.ly/2XCQ4QO
Important context: Meat and poultry plants nationwide have emerged as incubators for coronavirus spread.
Inside these plants, meat packers often must work shoulder to shoulder.
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Inside these plants, meat packers often must work shoulder to shoulder.
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At this meatpacking plant, immigrants who work here are essential to the local economy.
They have little power over what the coronavirus is doing to their lives, because they have little power here at all.
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They have little power over what the coronavirus is doing to their lives, because they have little power here at all.
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Moore County, home to this meatpacking plant, has the highest rate of cases per 1,000 residents in Texas — according to state data available today.
Potter County, directly to the south and home to Amarillo, has the second highest rate. bit.ly/2TMAHUK
Potter County, directly to the south and home to Amarillo, has the second highest rate. bit.ly/2TMAHUK
Earlier this month, this meatpacking plant agreed to work with state health officials to begin testing its roughly 3,000 employees.
The company had initially rejected the state's offer to test all of its employees.
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The company had initially rejected the state's offer to test all of its employees.
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