The Latest on IA's Ongoing Fight Against COVID-19

The latest numbers and how a policy change at meatpacking plants will impact employees.

ADDITIONAL DEATHSAND NEARLY 700 NEWCORONAVIRUS CASES.AT THE SAME TIMETYSON FOODS, WHICHHAS SEVERAL MEATPROCESSING PLANTSACROSS THE STATE ISGOING BACK TO IT'SOLD ATTENDANCEPOLICY WHICHPUNISHES WORKERSFOR MISSING SHIFTS.UNDER THIS POLICYWORKERS CAN GETPUNISHED AND EVENFIRED IF THEY MISS AWORKERS CAN GETPUNISHED AND EVENFIRED IF THEY MISS ACERTAIN AMOUNT OFSHIFTS.TYSON WILL STILLEXCUSE ABSENCES BYEMPLOYEES WHOHAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE FORCORONAVIRUS ORHAVE SYMPTOMS OFCOVID-19.ON TUESDAY WELEARNED TYSON WASDEALING TWO TWOADDITIONALOUTBREAKS IN THESTATE ...INCLUDING ONE INPOTTAWATTAMIECOUNTY.ACCORDING TO THECOMPANY'S PRESSRELEASE 224 OFTHEIR NEARLY 15-HUNDRED EMPLOYEESTESTED POSITIVE.THE COMPANY ALSOSAID MORE THAN HALFOF THOSEEMPLOYEES DID NOTSHOW SYMPTOMS.A REPORTER ASKEDTHE GOVERNOR WHATSHE THOUGHT OFTYSON'S CHANGE INPOLICY, SHE SAID SHEWAS NOT GOING TOSECOND GUESSBUSINESS DECISIONS,BUT THAT THE STATEWOULD CONTINUE TOSUPPORT EMPLOYERSBY HELPING WITHTESTING ANDMITIGATIONGUIDANCE.LET'S TAKE A LOOK ATTHE LATESTNUMBERS.580 PEOPLE HAVEDIED FROM THEVIRUS.MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND 700PEOPLE HAVE TESTEDPOSITIVE.MORE THAN HALF OFTHOSE PEOPLE ARELISTED ASRECOVERED.WITH ALL THEPROTESTS WE'VESEEN...WITH LARGE GROUPSGATHERING CLOSETOGETHER WITH NOMASKS, I ASKED THEGOVERNOR IF SHETHINKS THE PROTESTOR HER DECISION TOREOPEN THE STATEWILL CAUSE MORECASES OFCORONAVIRUS.THE GOVERNOR DIDNOT ANSWER THEQUESTION.INSTEAD SHE SAIDTHEY ARE GONIG TOCONTINUE TOCOLLECTINFORMATION WITHTEST IOWA ANDWATCH CLOSELY FORPOTENTIAL CLUSTERSOF THE VIRUS.THERE HAS BEE