Mission Foods worker dies after contracting COVID-19; family says company didn’t disclose virus spread at facility

Jose Alvarez, 67, died last week after contracting the novel coronavirus at his California workplace, according to his daughter.

MOM AND SISTER ALL BECAMEINFECTED WITH THE VIRUS.

BUTIT HIT HIM THE WORST.HE WAS OUR IS EVERYTHING TOUS ALICIA ALVAREZ LOST HER DAD67 YEAR-OLD JOSE WILL BETTERSTILL ALVAREZ TO COVID-19 AWEEK AGO.

SHE BELIEVES HECONTRACTED THE VIRUS AT WORK.YOU ARE THINK LOS ANGELESAND HE WAS HEAD OF THE BANK'SMISSION FOODS BEST KNOWN FORITS TORTILLA PRODUCTS WAS ONEOF MULTIPLE FOOD SUPPLIERSIDENTIFIED BY LEE COUNTYPUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ASHAVING A CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAKAMONG EMPLOYEES.OFFICIALS SAID MONDAY 40WORKERS AT THE COMMERCEFACILITY TESTED POSITIVE.

BUTTHE COMPANY FAILED TO NOTIFYTHE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ASREQUIRED OVER A SAYS HERFAMILY LEARNED ABOUT THENUMBER OF CASES THROUGH THEMEDIA AND NOT HIS EMPLOYER.HE'S WORKING ON THE SLOW SIDEPEOPLE WERE SICK.I'M PUTTING HIM IN HARM'SWAY TRULY ARROW IS IS I'M SHETELLS ME HER DAD WAS IN AHIGH-RISK CATEGORY SURE ASDIABETES BUT AS AN ESSENTIALWORKER HE CONTINUED TO SHOW UPI THINK IT IS IT IS AT LEASTKEEP REALLY BELIEVE THAT HEWOULD.YEAH, THIS IS IN SEATTLEYOUNGER I I T.HE RANG THE ALARM THAT SHEWAS AT RISK THE WEEK OF JUNE28 HE STARTED FEELING SYMPTOMSFEVER, COUGH.ALL 3 FAMILY MEMBERS TESTEDPOSITIVE WHILE HIS WIFE ANDDAUGHTER GOT BETTER OVER THENEXT FEW WEEKS HE WASHOSPITALIZED WITHIN DAYS ANDPUT ON A VENTILATOR WHEN HEWENT TO THE HOSPITAL, YOU KNOWFOR 2 WEEKS.WE WE SEND OUR PRAYERS WESAY ALL OF RECURRING HOPING HEWOULD GET OUT OF THIS ENTRYWAS GET I I WAS AN INCREDIBLYLOVING AND SELFLESS GUYALVAREZ HOPES HER DAD'S DEATHISN'T IN VAIN AND IS NOWADVOCATING FOR COMPANIES TO BEMORE TRANSPARENT.FOR BEING A CAR GUY INPLACE TO REALLY PROTECT THEIREMPLOYEES HIS.ON ITS WEBSITE MISSIONFOODS SAYS WE REMAIN INCONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITHOUR EMPLOYEES AND ARECOMMITTED TO ENSURING THEIR