WARRENTON — Dozens of employees at seafood processing plant on the Oregon coast have tested positive for the coronavirus, Clatsop County officials said Thursday.
Pacific Seafood used a private lab earlier this week to test the Warrenton plant’s 159 night-shift workers, and 77 tested positive, The Astorian reported.
The Oregon Health Authority is taking the lead in arranging for quarantine of the affected individuals, and conducting contact tracing, the county said in a statement. The agency was also testing other employees, officials said.
John King, general manager at Pacific Seafood Warrenton, said Thursday the company is partnering with the state to respond to the cases that have been tied to “Labor Day social activities.”
An outbreak at the company’s Clackamas operation in July and August was tied to 14 cases, according to Oregon officials, while an outbreak in Coos County was linked to six cases.