COVID-19 outbreaks at meat-processing facilities in North Carolina are being kept quiet. According to The Guardian's latest report, although the conducted tests in the meat factories were found positive, officials still refused to provide any information about the case.
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According to a tally provided by the Food and Environment Reporting Network, more than 36,000 farm and meat processing employees have tested positive for coronavirus. At least 116 died since the pandemic started; but, the true number is likely higher. The Burke County Health Department does have data about where people with positive cases work using case interviews and contact tracing, but decides not to provide it, said spokeswoman Lisa Moore.
"We know where they are, but we are not a county that can divulge every place where they are," she said.
Moore also added that Case Farms requested the health department direct all questions regarding their facility to a company representative.
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