About 2,000 employees at Tyson Foods in the United States are infected with the new coronavirus

Tyson Foods Inc.'s plant in Perry, Dallas County, Iowa, tested positive for the new coronavirus 58 percent of its employees, or more than 700 people, the Iowa Department of Public Health said Friday.
comes after Tyson Foods tested positive for the new coronavirus at a pork processing plant in Logansport, Indiana, with nearly 900 people, or about 40 percent of its employees.
the factory resumed "limited production" on the 4th.
Tyson Foods said in a statement that the new crown outbreak has forced production to slow and has closed plants in Dakota City, Nebraska, Pascoe, Washington, and Perry, Iowa.
addition to perry's plant, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported On May 5 that 444 people at Tyson Foods' Black Hawk County plant were infected with the new coronavirus, or about 17 percent of the employees tested.
. Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson told DailyMail.com that he visited the Black Hawk County plant on April 10 and was concerned about the lack of social distance between employees and lack of personal protective equipment.
with hundreds of workers sickened or afraid to move home, Thompson on April 16th, along with dozens of local officials, including the mayor, called for Tyson Foods to temporarily close the Black Hawk County plant.
, however, Tyson Foods, backed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, delayed the announcement of a temporary shutdown until April 22, citing concerns that the temporary closure could lead to significant economic losses.
is one of the world's largest fresh chicken, beef and pork processors.
despite record meat sales in the first quarter, Tyson Foods executives expect the company to maintain low production in the short term until the local outbreak begins to improve and infections decline.
Tyson Foods chairman John Tyson issued a statement on his website on April 26 warning that the U.S. food supply chain was "collapsing" and that the closure of processing plants could lead to the destruction of millions of livestock and poultry, while the meat supply in stores could not meet consumer demand.
a senior U.S. government official told Reuters last month that most meat processing plants would be closed for some time if the government did not act, potentially reducing capacity by as much as 80 percent.
April 28, U.S. President Donald Trump used the Defense Production Act to require meat processing plants to continue operating during the New Crown outbreak to protect meat supplies and farmers' interests.