Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday said she won't issue an executive order shutting down Iowa's meatpacking and food processing plants because they are essential businesses, even as COVID-19 cases as those facilities soar, reports CBS 2 Iowa.
Reynolds said the 18 plants statewide need to remain open in a "safe and responsible way."
On Monday, Reynolds announced 257 new positive cases and four more deaths, bringing the confirmed state total to 3,159 infections and 79 deaths. 47 cases reported Monday are linked meat processing sites.
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