Comprehensive data showing whether restaurant workers have been infected by Covid-19 at higher rates than other worker groups isn’t available. Some states and counties, including Oregon, Maryland and Los Angeles County, have together recorded thousands of coronavirus cases or likely infections among restaurant workers. Colorado data show more than 1,000 restaurant employees this year may have been infected on the job as of the middle of this month. The chain also spread out production-line workers in its kitchens and requires employees with Covid-19 symptoms to stay home. Taco Bell was saddened by Ms. Harris’s death, said a Taco Bell spokeswoman, who added that the owners of the Taco Bell where Ms. Harris worked donated to her family and considered her a beloved employee.

Source: Mint December 25, 2020 23:03 UTC