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Major US pork processing plant closes due to coronavirus

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One of the largest U.S. pork processing plants has closed temporarily due to the coronavirus.

Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced the closure of its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, plant after hundreds of employees tested positive for COVID-19.

The plant, which has 3,700 employees, supplies nearly 130 million servings of food per week.

Read more from The Associated Press.

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