waterloo, iowa. the impact on the doctors there, that's the medical director of one of their clinics, i mean that's what happens, when you get a big outbreak of hundreds of cases, that happens among the people who work at a meat processing plant, somewhere in america. and it's not just a food supply chain issue. it's not just an issue of the economics of those plants. it's not even just the immense tragedy of hundreds of people from the same workplace all getting sick, and a number of them starting to die. i mean these huge outbreaks of hundreds of cases in the places where we're getting big outbreaks, at meat plant, at prison, at big jail, at nursing home, at all of the places we now know we as americans are doing the worst job keeping people alive and keeping them from being infected, all of the places we're seeing the worst outbreaks, these are not islands of individual failure, where these infection explosions are confined within the four walls of these facilities, these are all outbreaks, of a v

now waterloo. is this something whose responsibility is it going to be to basically make they meat processing plans safe enoughing to used? >> many of these i haven't trusted them to care about worker safety, since they've been going after gutting workers' comps, and in other states across the country. on that note, you've got to do everything you can to make sure we have the right regulations in place here. that's something we've been calling on. in fact this last week we asking for increased oversight, and protection for our workers, who are racing concerns. see, that is something we ran into in waterloo plant. we were hearing from our constituents that, you know, they were saying they were still going into work or told to come into work, and if they were sick or, you know, they were just worried there wasn't enough mitigation taking place, and they were scared. they were afraid to speak out. that should never happen in any company, let alone to workers working their tails off every day making fo

with me now is one of the officials, waterloo's mayor quintentin hart.r pleas la night, and now it's happening. what's your reaction to the plant closing? >> first of all, thank you for having me this morning. and we are pleased. there are about 20 or so elected officials in our local community along with the doctor from our public health department and the sheriff and we're happy that it's finally closing down and taking the necessary steps that we believe would help the situation. >> my worry is sort of now what? is it too late? because you said 90% of the cases in waterloo are linked to the plant somehow. so now you have hundreds of cases out there. >> and that was the challenge from the beginning. you know, implementing safety precautions at this particular point, we believe it was too late. we went from 21 cases of covid on april 9th to about 380 yesterday, and we even doubled that number in two days from 191 to 380. so at this point, closing, cleaning, testing people, is the best scenario for it. and i understand the impact that this has on our nat

iowa has what appears to be a large outbreak at a meat plant in waterloo, iowa. local officials including the county sheriff and the mayor of waterloo, iowa, have been begging for that plant, a tyson pork processing plant, to be shut down, but so far they are keeping that waterloo, iowa, plant open and running despite the large outbreak there. today there are other outbreaks now being reported at meat processing plants every you look. in tar heel, north carolina, in logan's port, indiana, in goodletsville, tennessee. in worthington, minnesota, where today they had to shut a large plant that has over 2,000 employees. if you're noticing a theme in terms of meatpacking plants being involved, you're not making that up. this may end up becoming a real issue for the supply chain for packaged meat in america. but whether or not it comes an issue for our overall supply chain, in the right now term it is a huge issue for the people, for our friends and relatives and neighbors who work in these big plants where the pay is low and the conditions are close and the outbreaks

plant to be shut down, but so far, they are keeping that waterloo iowa plant open and running, despite the large outbreak there. today, there are other outbreaks now being reported at meat processing plants everywhere you look, in tarheel, north carolina, in logan's port, indiana, in goodletsville, tennessee, in worthington, minnesota, where they today had to shut a large plant that has over 2,000 employees. if you are noticing a theme in terms of meat packing plants being hit hard, you're not making that up. i mean this may well end up becoming a real issue for the supply chain, for packaged meat in america. but whether or not it becomes an issue for our overall supply chain, in the right now term, it is a huge issue for the people, for our friends, and relatives and neighbors, who work at these big plants where the pay is low and the conditions are close, and the outbreaks just keep coming. in plant after plant after plant. this is from nbc nightly news tonight. in a feature on that huge outbreak at the smithfield plant in sioux falls, south dakota. >> this smithfield pork processing

being sent to the facility, as well as clinics in the waterloo area.ther places are trying to do some contact tracing to try and get a handle on this. but, of course, every day, the numbers keep rising of the number of employees that have gotten sick. and unfortunately, some who have died. christi and victor, back to you. >> natasha chen, we appreciate the report. thank you. >>> now, look, the work keeps food on america's tables, now, we're talking about the farming communities here across the country because they're facing their own coronavirus crisis as well. >> as cnn's paul vercammen reports. paul. >> reporter: the agri business suffering 3.5%. this is santo paolo, population 30,000. everybody driving up to get a free box and the people here at santa paula say they're seeing a lot of new faces. people who have not needed that hand. >> it's reduced hours, furloughs, losing jobs, it's a combination of all of those causing people to wait in line to get food. >> i work at the school district, i work for the after school program. so as kids are not in s

she's in waterloo dealing with these patients. listen to this. >> i think about what would the person say to me who just died from this? how would they advocate helping other people not go through what they just went through? so that's what i think about. so for the other businesses, churches, restaurants, think about your community and think about your actions and think about how you can best serve the greater good. >> congresswoman, how can you get more people running these plants to pay attention to what dr. duclos just had to say? >> at the end of the day, we actually have to be listening to the workers. it's not just about talking to the ceos and trusting they are doing the right thing. it's about making sure that these workers are kept safe and here at the end of the day, you know, they can say that obviously with the president using the defense production act to open up these plants, you're not going to have a work force going back when 44% have tested positive and when they aren't feeling safe because there is no enforceab

what's happening at waterloo?yson foods, this processing plant, how many workers there have tested positive for covid-19? >> so the challenge is the numbers that come down from the state don't necessarily end up at my desk. so right now probably april 10th, we probably had about 21 cases. today are about at 192 cases. we've had a couple of deaths also that occurred. but the most interesting part about that, 50 plus percent at least are all cases that have come from the tyson's plant. >> and do you think the numbers aren't accurate? do you think you have more cases? >> well, i think the numbers are -- the numbers have a lag. so you probably have about a day and a half to two days of catching up to do with those numbers. but those numbers, if they were current in all the testing we're in, they would be way over a couple hundred people. >> let's talk about the governor, because iowa governor kim reynolds said she would be instituting new screening measures for workers. but you and other local officials say the plant

waterloo on yesterday. it for a month now. >> reporter: that's right. what happened inside meat processing plants around the united states is very upsetting and very nerve wracking. this particular plant is one of the largest pork processing plants in the united states, near waterloo, iowa. this is blackhawk county, the northeastern portion of iowa. as of now, 182 of the employees who worked inside here have tested positive for covid-19. that number sounds high. but it is much lower than it is going to be. it is going to go higher. there are more than 2800 employees who work here. that's now been temporarily closed. but most of those 2800 employees haven't been tested yet. the company vowed they will start testing employees tomorrow. that number is likely to skyrocket. we're talking about loggens p i, indiana, another pork processing facility, at this point, 146 people who worked there tested positive. that number is expected to go higher. what is important to point out is that you have many people here, an

we just learned that tyson is shutting down a pork processing plant in waterloo, iowa.nt linked to nearly 200 coronavirus cases. protesters rallied outside that plant earlier this week. it has been linked now to nearly half of the known covid-19 cases in that county there alone. >> diane gallagher has been following this story closely and joins us now. it is a plea from the mayor of waterloo again last night saying now 90% of the cases in his -- in his county are from this plant. they're finally shutting down. why? >> yeah, that was an announcement that literally just came down from tyson, in the past couple of minutes here that they are going to be suspending production at the waterloo pork processing plant this week. that around midweek they will stop production. now, it wasn't just the mayor. it was almost all of the local and state elected officials in that area for more than a week now have been asking, i want to read a portion of the statement that tyson sent out about this decision. they said, quote, protecting our team members is our top priority. and the reason

the waterloo plant joining a growing list of others in eight states shutdown by companies trying to contain outbreaks. the impact on pork immediate, the processing rate down 25% what does it mean for the consumer the longer these plants stay closed? >> what it means for consumers is there might be temporary stock outs at the grocery store, but you may not find your favorite cut of pork or your favorite cut of beef at the grocery store. but this is temporary. the supply chains will adjust >> reporter: back in waterloo, the mayor stressing the importance of providing food to the country and protecting its workers. >> so there's the human factor where if you don't protect the workers that are working there, you can't put food on peoples tables >> reporter: the fight to feed america on top of a deadly virus. morgan chesky, nbc news >> the backlash is building following controversial comments the president made at a press briefing this week about dangerous coronavirus treatments, and it could have a major impact on how often we'll hear from him moving forward. kelly o'donnell reports from the wh

waterloo's mayor had been calling for that, alongside the sheriff. he told cnn today that he welcomed the decision but he believes it may have come too late to stop the widespread spreading of that virus in his town. black hawk county sheriff, tony thompson told us this about the plant finally closed, while we are pleased with this development, we recognize how late it is for many. now our task is to react to the damage done and to get back on top of monitoring and testing without overrunning our health care system. so that's the update on the situation in rural blackhawk county iowa tonight. sort of a better late than never from the officials who had been calling for that plant to shut down. hundreds of cases there. at least that one coronavirus locus, that one plant, is closed today but i have to tell you in neighbors nebraska, it's a different story, at least eight meat processing plants in nebraska have confirmed coronavirus cases including one, really, really big outbreak, at least 237 cases of coronavirus now tied to one beef plant in grand isl

nearly half of the cases from iowa is from this plant tyson waterloo. they may have acted too late. >> at this particular point, we believe it was too late. we went from 21 cases of covid of april 9th to about 380 yesterday. >> that's a big jump. many of tyson's employees agreed with the mayor. despite our continued efforts to keep our people safe while fulfilling our role of feeding american families. one worker did not want to be named told cnn, i want my job but i want a safe job. i got some grand kids and i am not going to risk my life to cut some damn hogs up. you have people who are frighten and they're seeing their friends and some of them are getting covid because they are packed closely with the plant and they're worried of getting their family sick and they're now out of work and uncertain. >> yes. i am concerned that they're out of work and they may or may not get paid for their time. i am concerned of the people who died as a result working here at the waterloo plant. we weigh those concerns and being safe is more important. we'll lobby and

i appreciate you coming on and cherring waterloo's distinctive needs. it's always close to my heart. where my dad was born and raised. appreciate it. hang tough . up next, we're going to turn to our medical experts on the coronavirus issues. and as we go to break, if you live in the northeast, you moikt have seen and heard the salute in the sky. a rare sight. er for it's the thunderbirds, the blue angels working together in formation from new york to delaware. trust me, you don't see this all the time from these two. it's tribute to those on the frontlines, the heroes they're saluting. frontlines, the heroes they're saluting i'm jo ann jenkins with aarp. the coronavirus continues to affect us all, and we are here, actively supporting you and your community. every day, we're providing trusted information from top health experts...sharing tools to help protect families from fraud... and creating resources to support family caregivers everywhere. as always, you can count on aarp to advocate for you and your family. join us and stay connected at aarp.org/co

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the one in waterloo, though, is open. the local mayor in waterloo has asked for the plant to be closed. workers at the plant say they were only even told to cover their faces at work as of tuesday of this week. the governor is repeatedly now acknowledging what looks like an outbreak at that plant there, but the plant for now is staying open. worryingly, the governor keeps saying publicly at her press conferences this week that she believes the usda is probably doing something to keep workers safe at that plant. nobody knows what she is talking about with that as the usda appears to be doing no such thing. but she thinks that's happening, and so they are blundering on in iowa. again, no stay-at-home order in iowa. in nebraska, this was the front page of the "omaha world-herald" today, lamenting that the outbreak in grand island, nebraska, which is the state's third largest city, grand island, nebraska, has a per capita case rate on par with hard-hit states like louisiana and michigan. michigan, which now has the third high

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the waterloo plant shut down by beef, pork and poultry companies trying to contain outbreaks. on pork, media. the processing rate, down 25%. >> what does it mean for the consumer? >> what it means for con summers, there may be stockouts at the grocery store. you may not find your favorite cut of pork or beef at the grocery store. but this is temporary. the supply chains will adjust. >> reporter: back in waterloo, the mayor stressing protecting its workers. >> there's a human factor. if you don't protect the workers, you can't put the food on people's tables. >> reporter: the fight to feed america, on top of a deadly virus. >>> disinformation campaign. china playing tough about accusations it is spreading falsehoods about the coronavirus. did you know diarrhea is often caused by bad bacteria in food? try pepto diarrhea. pepto® diarrhea is proven effective to treat symptoms, and it also targets the cause of diarrhea. the 3 times concentrated liquid formula coats and kills bacteria to relieve diarrhea. while the leading competitor does nothing to kill the bacteria, pepto® diarrhe

the disparity of who was being affected in waterloo, iowa, wasn't lost on its mayor. >> african-americancongolese, bosnian, burmese. so many latino. so many people, from different walks of life, and immigrants, that provide a critical service to help prepare food for the entire country. and it hurts when it feels like your pleas to people falls on deaf ears. >> tyson foods, eventually, suspended operations for cleaning and testing at the waterloo plant, last week. in arkansas, a local poultry workers group attempted to deliver a petition asking tyson to shut down two plants there for deep cleaning, and give workers guaranteed sick leave. >> yes, it is a huge threat for these workers. they are so vulnerable to covid-19 and so they really feel, every day before they go to work, that they are -- they are leading them to the slaughter. >> tyson told cnn, quote, we believe in giving our employees a voice and provide various ways for them to report concerns without fear of retaliation. >> the population, already, was so afraid to speak out. and if that was true before the pandemic, now, there'

>>cars rolling into the parking lot of the tyson pork production plant in waterloo, iowa, hundreds ofm. the plant itself has been shut down. but the employees are now waiting in a long line to take company provided tests for covid-19. the plan to lease shut this week after positive covid tests of employees had reached the 182 mark. lana kerr works at the scare because scared because he says someone who work next to for hours has tested positive like us a lot of kerr went ahead and got a test on his own i've got my results back yet lana kerr is a husband, the father of a baby that is one of many employees of the plant people in the community and local politicians to call for this plan to close much earlier when word of the first infections came to light. he says he called the tyson hr department last week. and you said what. >>i was concerned about the coronavirus been the plan while i was scared for me and my family, what hr say to you. i was i was i was i was safe and they told me everything's ok and they tell me i have a better chance. a cast of the coronavirus borne out to walmart

one is in waterloo, iowa, where the small town has seen a dramatic spike in cases. is in logansport, indiana, where we're told more than 2,200 employees will undergo testing. joining me now are the mayors of these two cities. mayor quentin hart of waterloo, iowa. and chris martin of logansport, indiana, joins us. thank you, both, mayors. i appreciate it. i know it's a tough time for you guys so we doubly appreciate it. may may mayor hart, i'm going to start with you. you have been pushing for this shutdown for weeks. today, it finally happened. what do you think? >> i think, literally, that's the billion-dollar question. is it too late? i think it's too late to continue business as usual at the plant. i believed it needed to be closed. they went ahead and did that today, which will give us an opportunity to close, clean, test the employees, put in stronger preventative measures, and then get this plant opened back up. it's an incredible need for our entire country and the world. so we owe it to our resilient workforce to make sure they're protected and secured. >> w

we had our reporter show us yesterday the big plant in waterloo, iowa, the tyson pork plant, where sothink 180 workers there tested positive. they had to close it as a result. whose responsibility is it to keep the workers safe? is it tyson, meaning the manufacturers, is it the federal government, meaning osha, is it the workers themselves? how is this supposed to work? >> well, first and foremost the priority for all of us is to keep our workers healthy, safe and supported through this pandemic. all the steps that our companies have gone to, to do that in the plants, i will get a chance to tell you about. but we have had the tyson and our other plants in waterloo and there and across the country have been working with their local -- following cdc guidelines, doing everything they can to put measures in plants in place so that the workforce is safe and comfortable, healthy and supported. >> yeah. i guess what -- i guess what i'm saying is that it hasn't worked. if 180 people are testing positive, whatever those measures were haven't worked. >> well, this has been unprecedented, commun

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mayor quinton hart of waterloo, iowa. he joins us again.an's port, indiana joins us. thank you both, mayors. i appreciate it. i know it's a really tough time for you guys. i so appreciate it. mayor hart, i'm going to start with you. you've been pushing for this shutdown for weeks. the day it finally happened, we've been talking about it. so, too late? what do you think? >> i think literally that's the billion-dollar question, is it too late? i think it's too late to continue business as usual at the plant. i believe it needed to be closed. they went ahead and did that today, which would give us an opportunity to close, clean, test the employees, put in stronger preventive measures and then get this plant open back up. they serve an incredible need for our entire country and the world, so we owe it to our resilient workforce to make sure that they're protected and secured. >> what's happening there now, mayor, to take care of the tyson employees in your city? >> well, i just read a statement today from tyson that indicated that the employees

today tyson foods announced that its meat processing facility in waterloo, iowa will be closed indefinitely falls courier reports more than 180 employees at that plant tested positive for coronavirus and at least one of those employees has died. that's just the latest meatpacking plant shut down by coronavirus. some plants are installing additional safety measures. but that's not safe enough for some of the workers. >> i feel like the words plexiglas and the words face mask can be safe but when you see when they actually supply the people that's nowhere near safe. they're giving us face shields that are flimsy, just flapping in the wind. i quit. i told them they -- as soon as i heard about that i thought to myself and i said i'm either going to be filing for unemployment or trying to find another job. i just got off a 16-hour night shift. but i'm not putting myself at personal risk just for the sake of this company. >> joining our discussion now, andrew zimmern. he's an award-winning chef who hosted the series "what's eating america." we don't like to think very much or we don't think very

and in waterloo, iowa, where the tyson pork plant has been shut down, there's hundreds and hundreds of cases, over 1,000 cases in blackhawk county, home to waterloo, and the mayor and sheriff there are very nervous about that plant being reopened until we somehow get some handle on who is ill and who isn't. and here is storm lake, we're home to a tyson pork and turkey plant. and with over 2,000 workers, mainly immigrant, who are -- were afraid before the coronavirus. and now they're terrified. they were afraid of being picked up in a sweep. they had been terrorized by our president and congressmen. whether they're legal or not, they were living in fear. and now they're even more scared. they're afraid to call in sick or file for unemployment. they're afraid of everything. and, however, there's no testing at this plant in storm lake so we don't really know how many cases there are in our area. and it could be 200, 300, but only 5 have been reported as of today. and only one we know of came out of the storm lake place and meat packing complex. >> well, your governor tim reynolds has said

food processing plants across the country are struggling to keep workers safe morgan chesky is in waterloowa >> officials say 90% of new cases here can be traced to this tyson meat processing plant. the company says it's added safety measures such as temperature scans but tonight isn't sharing number of positive cases nor is it closing. >> reporter: tonight worker safety and small businesses attacking americans and the economy. migle almaguer, nbc news >>> we're back in 60 seconds with the deepening mystery over the health of kim jong-un. >>> plus an amazing turn around for a coronavirus patient once in a coma now meeting a stranger who may have helped save his life >>> we're back now with the growing mystery over the health of north korean leader kim jong-un who remains out of sight tonight. here is richard engel. >> reporter: missing from view for days, kim jong-un was even absent from his late grandfather's birthday commemoration last week, a key celebration. tonight several american officials tell nbc news u.s. intelligence reporting indicates kim recently underwent cardiovascular surg

this is the tyson pork plant this is waterloo, iowa. inside this plant we now know that more than 180 people who worked inside have tested positive for covid-19. 374 cases here in blackhawk county in the northeastern portion of iowa, that's roughly half the amount of cases in the county, and here is the great big concern. there are, as you said, about 2,800 people who work here and most of them haven't been tested yet. the great fear is that the number will get much higher. testing will begin this friday for most of the employees, the employees are getting paid by tyson, they will get tested on friday, but the fear is the number will get much higher. what does tyson say about all this? they released a statement, many people in this community, including politicians have been calling for many days to close this factory, they asked the governor, they asked tyson. the statement, while we understand the necessity of keeping our facilities operational, so that we can feed the nation, the safety of our team members remains our top priority. th

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te they'll tell you in waterloo it came from the tyson plant there. the sioux city area, why over a thousand cases and still growing? local mayors there would like to know. quote t mayors of all five cities called for greater transparency from state and county health officials about places contributing to the recent spike in the covid-19 cases. the mayors asked businesses to, quote, take responsibility for any outbreak or spread of the cove in their facilities, publicly disclose any cases, and release a detailed plan for disposing of the virus. they should close until such time as a response plan is in place according to the mayor's statement. the mayors weighed in on the subject as county and state health officials continued to side step questions linking the surge in positive cases to tyson fresh meets, dakota city beef plant, sioux city metro's largest employer. dakota city beef plant in dakota county, nebraska, more than 4,300 workers there. it's in the sioux city area. dakota county, nebraska, they've got 600 cases reported in that county. there'

>>says it will do a deep clean up its plant in waterloo, iowa. is is after workers tested positive for the virus friday. county officials there s 182 of the county's 374 cas are linked to this plant, 2800 people work there. the company says workers will be paid while the plant is closed. agrilture officials say the food supply in the u. is safe. despite outbrea like the one about plantkron 4 sanaz tahernia talked to are u c davis professor to learn more. >>here in lifornia particular much of the meat comes the there's a little bit of meat packing yo in california not very much. and we've been aware of of the mid may be less plants, ing in especially pork ants of which we do very ttle processing here in califora. but were part of a national system it's a generally safe is generally secure. but we have seen some some interuption. sadly that that obviously the workers and the plants that have to close its also makes things is scarcer and more expensive and sometimes they'll be things that are on the supermarket shelves. and for the farmer it means t

what we haven't seen is what we saw in waterloo, a concerted effort.act, the health department board, blackhawk county, passed a proclamation, essentially asking the governor to either shut down the plant or asking tyson to come around and voluntarily close it down until they could get a handle on things. the mayor spoke this morning saying that while he was glad they had shut this down temporarily, that in his opinion, it may be too late. the damage might already be done. and speaking to officials there right now, again, nearly half of their cases are connected to this plant, and they are concerned about making sure that they have the same things that every other hospital has and all the other first responders have. they're concerned about ppe, concerned about testing. again, the governor is insistent that the best way to handle these outbreaks across her state at these meat processing plants is through surveillance and increased testing. she was asked today if she felt like she should have acted sooner. she sort of responded there's always more that

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well, they'll tell you in waterloo that it came from the tyson meat plant there. you know, why is it one of the worst places in the country right now to be in grand island, nebraska? because of the jbs meat plant there and the outbreak that started at that plant. the sioux city, iowa, area, why over 1,000 cases in the sioux city, iowa, area and still growing? well, local mayors there would like to know. quote, the mayors of all five cities in metro sioux city called yesterday for greater transparency from state and county health officials about places contributing to the recent spike in local covid-19 cases. in a joint statement, the mayors asked businesses to, quote, take responsibility for any outbreak or spread of the coronavirus in their facilities, publicly disclose any positive cases, and release a detailed plan for reducing the spread of the virus. employers who fail to comply with these conditions should close until such time a response plan is in place according to the mayors' statement. the mayors publicly weighed in on the subject as county and state he

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we're in georgia with more and morgan chesky is in waterloo, iowa, near a meat-processing plant. blayne, let me begin with you. it sounds like these plans from georgia's governor caught local officials by surprise. >> reporter: absolutely, ayman. from the officials that i've spoken to, several of them did not know that this was going to be coming out or certainly measures that were -- that extreme as one mayor told me. i spoke with the mayor of albany, georgia, that's an area you may remember, it's an area that has the highest number of covid-19 deaths anywhere in the state of georgia. and i asked him quite frankly is your city ready to reopen? he told me absolutely not. here's what he said, he said we had 15 funerals this weekend, five more deaths. we have 60 people on ventilators. he said what this measure does, it prohibits him and other elected officials from keeping the people in their areas safe. certainly, some very strong reactions there from albany, georgia, we know that the mayor of atlanta said she's going to continue to use her voice to urge people to stay inside, rel

. >> reporter: a major port processing plant is the latest to close, tyson foods, in waterloo, iowa,re workers process 20,000 hogs a day. it comes after an outbreak of at least 180 covid-19 cases there, and after iowa lawmakers filed an osha complaint, even though the state's governor resisted. >> we can work with different processing facilities across the state to keep the processing plants up and going. >> reporter: a "usa today" investigation found 150 of the nation's largest plants are in county where's the infection rate is spiking, threatening not only workers, but potentially the food supply. >> any plants or factories across the country could become the number one hot spot next week if they do not take this issue seriously. >> reporter: processing plants can be a breeding ground for the virus because many workers spend their days side by side. this man, who recovered from covid-19 and asked we not use his name, works at smithfield foods in south dakota. >> we are very close. we can't use a social distance at that place. >> reporter: tonight, there is increasing concern about