Triumph Case Totals (5-5-20)

Triumph Case Totals (5-5-20)

Of triumph foods workers testing positive for the coronavirus, there's now confusion on when they should return to work.

Good evening, i'm alan van zandt.

Triumph management said they were citing cdc guidlines when originally saying their employees could return to work seven days after testing positive for covid-19 if they continued to show no symptoms. however, over the weekend, those guidelines were extended to ten days triumph has since advised their employees of the delay.

Regardless of when they return to the plant, st.

Joseph's health director says the use of personal protective equipment will be key to help stop further spreading of the virus as employees return to their jobs.

(sot debra bradley/city of st.

Joseph health dir.: "triumph is requiring people to wear masks and so because they are considered essential employees they can go back to work as long as they don't show symptoms at any point really as long as they wear masks and protective equipment which triumph has assured us they will be.") we have not heard directly from any official inside triumph at all during this process... but ceo mark campbell has spoken out on a vdeo statement on the company's website saying the company continues to sanitize and deep clean its facilty... the final numbers are in from the mass covid-19 testing conducted at triumph.

In all, there were 412 employees testing positive for the coronavirus in the five days of on-site testing at the pork processing plant.

More than 2,300 tests were conducted in all.

The total case count will end up being higher because dozens of employees had already tested positive in the three weeks before testing was conducted on-site.

State health officials say any worker who develops symptoms should contact their health