An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared in northeast Calgary at a Cargill plant, a "further processing" facility that provides retail meat products for supermarkets across Western Canada. Approximately 400 people work at the Case Ready facility, which is separate from the High River facility, which saw North America's largest single workplace outbreak of COVID-19. But since getting into the "earliest stages" of investigation at the Calgary Cargill facility, Hesse said the union has already run into roadblocks. (Charlotte Dumoulin/Radio-Canada)The Calgary facility does not have the pre-existing history of the High River facility, Hesse said, and physical distancing, staggered start times and installed barriers should help to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Their deaths were linked to an outbreak at the Cargill slaughterhouse near High River, Alta.

Source: CBC News August 14, 2020 21:56 UTC