Delaware health officials say COVID under control at poultry plants

As sites of COVID-19 outbreaks in the spring, some of Delaware's poultry processing plants struggled to implement new safety practices. Cases consequently soared.

But both the plants and government health officials have both learned a lot since, and are well-prepared for the winter surge, officials said.

The Delaware Division of Public Health has moved to a more hands-off relationship with poultry processing plants, now that implementation of best practices is mostly complete.

"At this point, the communication with those plants is not as regular, just because (practices) are in place and have been running for quite a while," said Dr. Rick Pescatore, DPH's chief physician. "But we do get outreach from the plants now and then if they're going to make a change or if they want to revise something that they're doing, just to get our feedback."

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