Assessment of Environmental and Occupational Risk Factors for the Mitigation and Containment of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a Meat Processing Plant

• Main Authors: Nicola Walshe (Author), Mehael Fennelly (Author), Stig Hellebust (Author), John Wenger (Author), John Sodeau (Author), Michael Prentice (Author), Charlene Grice (Author), Vincent Jordan (Author), John Comerford (Author), Vicky Downey (Author), Carla Perrotta (Author), Grace Mulcahy (Author), Donal Sammin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, meat processing plants have been vulnerable to outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Transmission of the virus is difficult to control in these settings because of a combination of factors including environmental conditions and the specific nature of the work. This pap...