100 workers at Louisiana crawfish farms test positive for Covid-19
Roughly 100 workers at three Louisiana crawfish farms in the Acadiana region have tested positive for the coronavirus, reports The Advocate newspaper.
The Louisiana Department of Health declined to name the three crawfish farms, citing an ongoing investigation.
The agency said the outbreaks were in part among migrant workers living in dormitory-like housing. The seafood industry regularly hires foreign laborers to work at crawfish farms.
The number of seafood industry workers testing positive for the virus has been climbing steadily over recent weeks.
Though the actual number of infections at seafood processing plants is unknown -- the numbers depend on publicly available data or companies reporting the cases themselves -- infections have been on the rise, and are likely to increase as testing becomes more widespread throughout the world.
So far, a sizable list of companies has already reported infections, including Thai Union, Trident Seafoods, Ocean Beauty Seafoods, High Liner Foods, Pacific Seafood, Bornstein Seafoods, Bristol Seafood and Blue Harvest Fisheries have all had employees experience cases of the virus.
Chilean salmon processors Blumar and Camanchaca both reported outbreaks, as did Norwegian salmon group Leroy Seafood
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