Education, alternative housing, and testing are being used to hopefully flatten the curve on the number of essential workers in the agricultural field who are getting covid-19. Of the nearly 5,000 cases of the virus in Monterey county since march….1124 of those are ag workers. The Grower And Shippers Association says it’s partnering with hotels in the tri-county area to offer alternative housing, and it is also providing medical care and food to those who have to isolate. Officials with the G.S.A. have also partnered with Clinica De Salud De Salinas to offer priority testing for ag workers….which means they get their results in 2 days….not as many as 14-days as it has taken in the past.
As of Friday, California has reported 493,588 confirmed cases of Covid-19, and 9,005 coronavirus-related deaths, since the start of the pandemic.
