Covid-19: Smithfield shuts US pork plant indefinitely

The coronavirus outbreak leads to major disruptions of the pork supply chain in Northern America. Smithfield, the largest procxessor of the United States, has closed a plant indefinitely due to a Covid-19 outbreak. This weekend, Smithfield Foods stated it would shut its plant in Sioux Falls, SD, indefinitely due to coronavirus cases among employees. The state governor, Kristi Noem, said that in total 238 Smithfield employees had contracted Covid-19, accounting for 55% of the state’s total. No