Two staff members at a potato processing facility in Portage la Prairie have tested positive for COVID-19.
On Monday, J.R. Simplot Company learned of one worker that tested positive.
Following that, a dozen staff members that were in close contact with the worker got tested.
Those tests resulted in an additional positive case.
As of yesterday afternoon, the company was waiting for the results of two more tests.
As a result of the second positive case, 14 employees are self-isolating.
The company says the area the first employee worked has been deep cleaned and the plant hasn’t been shut down.
