Cargill Outbreak

• ‘A cautious relief:’ COVID-19 vaccinations to begin at two Alberta meat plants

  Both the Cargill plant, near High River south of Calgary, and the JBS Canada facility in Brooks, Alta., were hit hard by outbreaks last year.

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  Apr 29, 2021
  
• Vaccination clinic at Alberta’s Cargill meat-packing plant postponed

  A COVID-19 vaccination clinic has been postponed at a southern Alberta meat-packing plant, where last year nearly half the workers contracted COVID-19 and two employees died.

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  Apr 21, 2021
  
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• Cargill in London, Ont., halts production as COVID-19 case count climbs to 82

  Cargill, which employs roughly 900 people at its London, Ont., facility, says at least 82 active COVID-19 cases are currently associated with the outbreak.

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  Apr 13, 2021
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• Plans underway for COVID-19 vaccination clinic at southern Alberta meat-packing plant

  Plans are underway to establish an immunization clinic in the Cargill meat packing plant that saw a major COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.

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  Apr 8, 2021
• High River Cargill meat plant under second COVID-19 outbreak

  There are 11 cases linked to the outbreak, with seven active and four recovered, Alberta Health said.

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  Feb 6, 2021
• ‘Death is so real’: Immigrant group says meat workers afraid after COVID-19 plant closure

  An organization that works with immigrants says the temporary closure of a large slaughterhouse in southern Alberta has left many among its largely Filipino workforce fearful for the future.

  Apr 25, 2020