The prevalence of clusters of Covid-19 in the meat plant sector will be discussed tomorrow by the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response in Leinster House. In mid-May, the HSE confirmed that the cumulative number of Covid-19 positives in the meat processing sector over the previous two months had reached 828 cases. Tomorrow will see two sessions dedicted to issues in the meat plant sector, with Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, Director Edel McGinley and Meat Industry Ireland's Cormac Healy. Speaking before the meeting, Committee Chairman, Michael McNamara TD said: " We know that a significant number of Covid-19 outbreaks and infections to date, were recorded in meat plants. He said " As of today (June 30) there are no active cases in our meat plants.

Source: Irish Independent July 09, 2020 17:48 UTC