That’s up from seven that prompted the company to shut down for two weeks to thoroughly clean and sanitize the plant, acquire equipment such as temperature gauges to screen employees before they enter the plant and shields between work stations.
The plant re-opened Monday.
It’s likely that the increase in positive test results emerged during the temporary shut-down, not since production resumed, because it takes about a week to get test results from swabs.
There has been criticism that the Waterloo Region’s health unit has been testing only half as many people as the provincial average which, itself, is deemed to be only half of what’s desirable.
