Swimmer missing in Lake Huron off Pinery Park
Province provides more cash for greenhouses to buy PPE
June 12, 2020
The province is providing more funding for personal protective equipment for the agri-food industry.
Agriculture Minister Ernie Hardeman in a news release this morning announced the province was tripling the amount of money available to farmers for health and safety measures from $5 million to $15 million.
The money helps farmers pay for personal protective equipment for labourers and equipment like handwashing stations to protect labourers from COVID-19.
There have been several outbreaks in the greenhouse industry which have mainly affected migrant workers.
In Chatham-Kent, 114 migrant workers tested positive for the virus at Greenhills Produce. Windsor-Essex Public Health opened a migrant worker assessment clinic. Yesterday, 38 people tested positive and in Norfolk at least 168 migrant workers have tested positive for COVID-19.
Officials say the virus spreads mainly in the confined spaces of the bunkhouses where they live.
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