WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Meat producer Tyson Foods is reporting 570 cases of COVID-19 at a poultry processing complex in North Carolina.

Tyson said in a news release that it tested more than 2,000 staff members and contractors who work at its facility in Wilkesboro. Tyson said that most of the 570 didnโ€™t show symptoms.

Tyson said itโ€™s increasing testing and health care options at 30 of its facilities. Tyson said itโ€™s also providing face masks, putting physical barriers between work stations and implementing social distancing practices.

โ€œWe are working closely with local health departments to protect our team members and their families, and to help manage the spread of the virus in our communities,โ€ Tom Brower, a Tyson health and safety executive, said in a statement.

Tyson had temporarily closed parts of the North Carolina complex that houses multiple plants for deep cleaning, including a multi-day closure announced last week.

Wilkes County health officials said that as of Thursday the area had about 450 COVID-19 cases, including two deaths and 20 current hospitalizations.

Nearby Forsyth County has said that dozens of cases there were linked to the Tyson facility.


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