Source: WXII 12, 5/24/20

Coronavirus outbreaks at meat processing plants are forcing North Carolina farmers to euthanize 1.5 million chickens, according to a state official. Assistant Agriculture Commissioner Joe Reardon told The News & Observer that this is the first time during the pandemic that North Carolina farmers have had to euthanize their animals. Roughly a third of the 1.5 million chickens already had been killed, Reardon said. Agriculture officials said Thursday that 2,006 workers in 26 processing plants across the state have tested positive for coronavirus. .

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