Triumph Expanded Testing (4-24-20)

Triumph Expanded Testing (4-24-20)

Counting -- that's the new number of workers at triumph foods who have now tested positive for the coronavirus.

Good evening, i'm alan.

Mass testing of all employees began today with state officials saying they are monitoring a potential outbreak at the pork processing plant..

Kq2's madeline mcclain has been following the story.

(maddie on cam)city officials say a couple hundred people were tested at triumph foods today.but the results will take at least 24 to 48 hours to get back.and we will get them in waves -- as the state and the company have agreed to test all 28-hundred employees.

Here's everything we know so far.<<triumph foods say 16 workers at the st.

Joseph pork plant have tested positive for covid-19 of st.

Joseph:randall williams, dept.

Health & senior services:gov.

Mike parson, r-missouri:the spike in positives earlier this week -- kicked off a mass testing effort.mosaic life care testing hundreds of the thousands of workers.mary robertson, city of st.

Joseph: randall williams, dept.

Health & senior services:gov.

Mike parson, r-missouri:and then northwest health services taking over the rest of the testing this weekend city of st.

Joseph:randall williams, dept.

Health & senior services:r-missouri:the plant released a saying they were working with the state to testing timeline and plan.the results will once we find out how widespread covid-19 is at the plant of st.

Joseph:randall williams, dept.

Services:gov.

Mike parson, r-missouri: officials will fan out -- trying to find out how far its spread in the mary robertson, city of st.

Joseph:randall williams, dept.

Services:gov.

Mike parson, r-missouri:say they will be helping with contact testing symptomatic and workers -- to happened at jbs, smithfield, and tyson plants in other states -- from happening here.mary robertson, city of st.

Joseph:randall health & senior services: r-missouri:and while they work joseph: we are still learning.

We have how we proceed and the plans that we make and plans and contingency plans.

>> (maddie on cam)robertson says that city officials are monitoring the situation -- and could extend the stay-at-home order if there is a significant increase in positive cases.reporting in studio, madeline mcclain, kq2 news.

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