COVID-19 Hits A Second Trident Plant As First Outbreak Grows To 266
COVID-19 has hit another processing plant operated by fishing giant Trident Seafoods — this time aboard one of the corporation's massive factory trawlers,
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COVID-19 has hit another processing plant operated by fishing giant Trident Seafoods — this time aboard one of the corporation's massive factory trawlers,
Updated 01/26/2021 at 6:30 p.m. A COVID-19 outbreak at one of Alaska's largest fish processing plants has infected nearly 20 percent of workers, with
Credit Hope McKenney/KUCB UniSea is under partial lockdown and has shut down all non-essential work after four employees of the processing plant tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday. Four "non-quarantined" individuals complained of not feeling well and were taken to the Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic where they tested positive, according to UniSea President and CEO Tom Enlow. "This raised our risk level to 'high' and we sent everyone to their housing quarters and basically shut down non-essential work," he told KUCB in a statement Wednesday. "We have restricted movement outside ...