Thirty-nine employees of Lusamerica Foods Inc., a wholesale seafood distribution plant in Morgan Hill, have been quarantined as a result of a Covid-19 outbreak there, the Santa Clara County health department reported today.
That adds the county to a long and growing list of counties across the United States where food processing facilities have become prime locations for Covid-19 infections and spread.
The outbreak was first suspected “a couple of weeks ago,” reported Dr. Sara Cody, the county health officer, when the spouse of an employee was hospitalized with the disease. The spouse tested positive for Covid exposure and notified Lusamerica officials, who then began their own contact tracing and testing…