Olymel ferme son usine d'abattage et de découpe de porc de Yamachiche pour deux semaines en raison des nombreux cas de COVID-19 parmi ses employés. Published Monday, August 17, 2020 2:01PM MDT Let's keep giving back; Exciting careersJoin our team. Olymel St-Esprit. COVID -19 : Olymel continue de nourrir le monde et remercie ses employés de faire la différence. Vigneault said he wasn’t aware whether any of those individuals were experiencing symptoms.Olymel has had strict safety measures in place at the Red Deer site since March, including face shields, masks, barriers and physical distancing requirements, the company said.It had not had a confirmed case of COVID-19 until last week, Vigneault added.The facility is not on Alberta Health’s list of outbreaks.An Alberta Health spokesperson explained there must be evidence of transmission to five or more COVID-19 cases with common exposure in order for an outbreak to be declared.If an outbreak is declared, “all positive cases are isolated, aggressive contact tracing is underway, and health officials investigate possible sources of transmission and any epidemiological links,” Sherene Khaw, assistant communications director for Alberta Health, said. “Testing is offered to all symptomatic and asymptomatic staff in an outbreak setting.”Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing stories, delivered to your inboxGet a roundup of the most important and intriguing stories, delivered to your inbox

A Red Deer meat-processing plant says it has sent 13 employees home and urged them to get swabbed for COVID-19 after a worker there tested positive for the disease. 3.7K likes. In addition, any other employee who may have been exposed to this case was sent home and asked to be tested as well.On Friday morning, a letter was sent to every employee that works at the Red Deer facility explaining the situation. Dans la crise actuelle liée au COVID-19, la direction d'Olymel assure maintenir ses services et tient à remercier ses plus de 15 000 employés pour … There are 1,500 people working at the site.As of Monday, 13 employees had been sent home. Feeding the mediaNews and press releases ©2001-2020 Olymel S.E.C. The infected Olymel employee was sent home after showing symptoms of COVID-19 on Aug. 11, a company spokesman told CTV News Edmonton.

Thirteen employees were sent home as a precaution from the Olymel facility in Red Deer and urged to be tested for COVID-19 after one worker tested positive on Tuesday. The company said there are "extensive precautions" in place to ensure food safety and physical distancing, and that 13 workers were only sent home as a precaution, not because they were showing symptoms.

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