Pilgrim's Pride employee with COVID-19 speaks about conditions in poultry plant

ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO

REOPEN AS SOME ARE DOING SOONER

THAN OTHERS.

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>>> IS IN FOR A WOMAN THAT WAS

WORRIED ABOUT HER WORKPLACE

CONDITIONS IS NOW FIGHTING FOR

HER LIFE IN THE HOSPITAL.

WE ARE LOOKING INSIDE HER

BATTLE.

>> APRIL 21 AS THE DATE THIS

PROGRAM FRIDAY EMPLOYEE WILL

NEVER FORGET.

IT IS WHEN A COWORKER THAT KNEW

ABOUT THIS EMPLOYEES UNDERLYING

HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT HE

TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.

>> I CALLED THE DOCTOR RIGHT

AWAY.

>> THE PLAY WAS ON THE JOB WHEN

LEARNING THE NEWS AND SAID

THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY LEFT

THE PRODUCTION LINE THAT THEY

WOULD LOSE THEIR JOB.

>> THEY WOULDN'T LET US GO AND

WE WEREN'T SHOWING ANY SIGNS OR

SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE.

THEY WANTED PROOF FOR YOU TO

LEAVE.

>> ON THURSDAY, THE EMPLOYEE

TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

AMBER FRIDAY, THE INDIVIDUAL

WAS JUST ABOUT BEDRIDDEN.

ON SATURDAY, THE EMPLOYEE WAS

HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME

BREATHING.

>> I HAD TO MAKE A LIST OF THE

PEOPLE I WAS IN CONTACT WITH.

>> DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE

THAT MAY HAVE TESTED POSITIVE

SO FAR?

>> IF NOBODY DOES, THEY STILL

HAVE TO WORK.

>> WE HAVE REACH OUT TO

PROGRAMS PRIDE TODAY BUT HAVE

NOT HEARD FROM THEM.

IN PAST INDICATIONS, THEY SET A

FULL-TIME NURSE NOW TAKES

EMPLOYEE TEMPERATURES AND MASKS

AND OTHER PREVENTATIVE MEASURES

HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKEN TO HELP

STOP THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

>> I HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF

ME BUT I WANTED TO BE KNOWN

THAT THEY HAVE TO GET OUT OF

THAT PLANT.

THE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET OUT OF

THAT PLANT.

>> I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE

EMPLOYEE THIS MORNING AND THEY

SAY THEY ARE GETTING BETTER.

THEY APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT

AND PRAYERS THEY ARE GETTING