Smithfield Foods closes pork plant after nearly 300 workers diagnosed with coronavirus
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Smithfield Foods closes pork plant after nearly 300 workers diagnosed with coronavirus

Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls until further notice after hundreds of employees tested positive for the coronavirus – a step the head of the company warned could hurt the nation’s meat supply.

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