LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Ten workers at a central Nebraska beef processing plant have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, public health officials announced this weekend.
The South Heartland District Health Department reported the cases at Western Reserve Beef in Hastings.
The department "is working closely with Western Reserve management to complete the contact investigations, provide recommendations for employee safety, and to provide additional testing for their workforce."
Hastings is just south of Grand Island, a coronavirus hot spot in Nebraska.
On Monday, Lincoln Premium Poultry announced its first COVID-19 case at its Fremont chicken plant. The plant supplies Costco with millions of rotisserie chickens and employs 1,100 people.