The Health Service Executive (HSE) has suspended testing for Covid-19 at food and meat processing plants due to capacity issues and increased demand for testing. Meat processing plants have been among the most vulnerable settings in terms of the spread of the coronavirus in the State. “The decision to recommence Covid testing at food processing plants will also be taken at national level,” she said. “Covid-19 testing of staff at meat and food processing facilities is being re-scheduled into next week,” she said. It is important to remember that where an outbreak occurs in a plant then normal mass testing will still occur in meat plants.

Source: The Irish Times September 09, 2020 21:21 UTC