Monday, June 22, 2020

Scotlynn worker dies of COVID-19

A migrant worker for Scotlynn Farms of Vittoria has died of COVID-19.

He is one of 199 migrant workers for Scotlynn, a large-scale greenhouse operation, who have tested positive for the pandemic virus.

There are reports that the outbreak among those migrant workers started from an infected Canadian.

He is the third migrant worker on an Ontario farm to die of COVID-19. 

The Mexican government briefly halted the flow of more migrant workers to Ontario, but over the weekend reached an agreement to resume the program.

The federal government will be imposing more regulations, more surprise inspections and more oversight. The Ontario government and local health units are also involved with farmers in implementing the stricter virus-countering measures.