Coronavirus outbreaks among farm workers are popping up in rural communities across the country, sparking fears within the agriculture industry that cases will skyrocket as harvest season stretches into summer
Fruit-packing workers in the Yakima Valley of Washington state have been protesting for weeks for personal protective equipment and other precautions. They successfully pressured Washington Gov. Jay Inslee tothat went into effect last week. Nearly 500 farm workers in Yakima, which produces most of the nation’s tree fruit, have gotten sick during the pandemic.
“We’re still seeing a lot of issues here in Immokalee where people still have to go to work, still have to provide for their families, and don’t have that access or ability to be able to socially distance from one another not only in work but also their living situations,” Gonzalez said. In May, the clinic, which travels from farm to farm testing workers after shifts end, saw a whopping 35 percent positive rate, evidence that community spread was occurring, said Jean Stowell, head of the group's Covid-19 team in the U.S. The national positive rate is only around 6 percent.
A spokesperson for the Labor Department said that the agency "is acting to keep America’s workers safe and healthy during the coronavirus pandemic." The department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration "has preexisting requirements and standards that not only remain in place and enforceable, but also apply to protect workers from the coronavirus.
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