Coronavirus Forces Meat Plants Across Midwest To Shutdown

(CBS DETROIT) - The coronavirus is forcing many meat plants across the midwest to shutdown, meaning the country could face a meat shortage.

In Allegan County, Michigan, at least 60 workers at a JBS Plant tested positive for Covid-19.

The county health department shutdown the plant last weekend but has since reopened with limited staff.

At another JBS plant in Colorado a 78-year-old man died from coronavirus.

At least nine states in the midwest are closing meat plants including Minnesota and Iowa.

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