Despite union claims that the number of workers testing positive for COVID-19 has risen to 20, Maple Leaf Foods continues to keep its hog-packing plant at Brandon, Man., up and running.
The union wants it shut down for a cleanup and wants all workers to be tested.
Brandon now has 64 positive cases, testing facilities are maxed out. And there is a four-hour wait to be swabbed to collect samples for testing.
A number of Brandon businesses have shut down and others are restricting access and requiring masks to be worn.
“It’s definitely taken a turn here in the last week, but I think as a business community as a whole, we’ve done an excellent job trying to flatten the curve like it was a few months back,” said Spencer Day of the Brandon Chamber of Commerce.
