Inadequate ventilation played key role in meat plant Covid-19 outbreak

The report found factory management had been rigorous in introducing infection controls, many of them before the outbreak occurred.

A pilot study on the spread of Covid-19 in the meat processing industry found “inadequate ventilation” played a key role and that rapid testing of workers as they arrive at work should be considered.

It said one plant – which has been at the centre of an outbreak of Covid-19 among workers – had a particular risk from the “re-circulation of chilled air” in areas where meat was being cut and packaged.