maricruz: ♪ >> sinthia: (dishware clinking) altan: as infections we climbingn monterey county, sinthia hernandez worried about family members who, like her, also have underlying conditions. >> sinthia:r: >> sinthia's mot >> sinthia: th >> s's mother: >> sinthia: >> sinthia: ♪ >> altan: while the ronavirus was taking hd in the fields, it was already racing through food processing plants across the nation. >> the coronavirus pandemic is closing down meatpacking facilities across the country. >> at least 22 meat processing plants already shut down in this country. >> altan: we heard about a growing outbreak a few hours from salinas at one of the biggest meat processors in the u.s. >> the central valley meat, company in hanfoat's about 30 miles... >> altan: central valley meat employs around 700 people at its plant in kings county. e company has a history violating health andafety codes and has been cited for animal abuses, as seen in this undercover footage. in the last decade, it's had two beef recalls and been shut down threeimes. when the virus appeared at the plant in april, workers told us g t

in a frontline pbs documentary that aired tuesday night, farmworker sinthia hernandez describes how sheas both cancer and diabetes which put her at a higher risk for complications if she were to contract covid 19 and that the contractor she works foror requirires her to bring her r on mask. >> all us fafarmworkers are makg a big sacrififice out of necessy for hunger to be able t to feed our families and have a place to live. us who are workingg have so much debt and bills to payy that the money sometimes isn't even enough h to buy one mask because eachch one costs three dollars oror four dollars atat e store. disposable. amy: likewise, report from the centers for disease control found 87% of workers infected on the job at meet processing plants are people of color. because of the surge of cases in los angeles, it may soon face a second stay-at-home order. this comes as a los angeles apparel factory that employs mostly latinx workers to produce face masks has been shut down after health inspectors found "flagrant violations" of infection-control orders. more than 300 workers tested posit