A worker at Maple Leaf Foods processing plant in Brandon has tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email sent by the union which represents the plant workers.
UFC local 832 reported the case, but added that the worker has not been at the plant since July 28th.
The union says staff that have come into contact with the employee have been sent home to self-isolate for 14 days.
It’s not clear at this time what the worker did at the plant.
Back in May, a security guard at the Brandon plant also tested positive for the virus. The union claimed that the employee had been away from the plant for more than 2 weeks prior, and believed he got the virus after his last shift.
