Virus hotspot fears close Netherlands meat plant

Dutch authorities have closed a third meatpacking plant in a week for fear it would be a source of coronavirus transmission. The Van Rooi plant in the southern Netherlands was closed on health grounds after 16% of a sample of 130 workers tested positive.

"The test results show that there is a risk that the company can become a hotspot to spread the coronavirus within a short time span," the regional security authority said in a statement. The plant will be closed until at least June 2. Over 30,000 people work in the Dutch meatpacking and slaughterhouse industry.