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JBS meatpacking plant workers get COVID-19 vaccine shots

Mar. 05, 2021 05:17 PM EST
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado meatpacking plant that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak last year suspended operations Friday so that workers could receive...

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a Tyson Foods team member receives a COVID-19 vaccine at meatpacking plant in Wilkesboro, N.C. Meatpacking workers have started receiving coronavirus vaccines and thousands more will have a chance to get their first shots this week, offering some peace of mind in an industry that was ravaged by COVID-19 a year ago. (Melissa Melvin/AP Images for Tyson Foods, File)
Thousands of meatpacking workers to be vaccinated this week

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A worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Greeley, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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FILE - This his undated file photo provided by the Weld County, Colo., District Attorney's Office, shows Steven Pankey. Pankey, a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate, is charged with kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl who disappeared after a holiday concert over 30 years ago made his first court appearance in the state on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 (Weld County District Attorney's Office via AP)
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FILE - In this April 8, 2020, file photo, a truck bearing Weld County insignia sits outside the administrative office entrance at JBS USA in Greeley, Colo. A union representing workers at a JBS USA meatpacking plant in Colorado where six workers have died of the coronavirus and hundreds more were infected is protesting a $15,615 fine against the company for failing to provide safe working conditions at the plant in Greeley. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union says JBS failed to protect workers from getting sick and didn't compensate them for working under the risk of contracting COVID-19. (Alex McIntyre/The Greeley Tribune via AP, File)
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In this April 22, 2020 photo, Satinder Singh, a Sikh priest, visits with Dr. P.J. Parmar at his clinic in Aurora, Colo. Parmar, a family physician who solely serves refugees, says 45% of his patients have tested positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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By Brady Mccombs May. 13, 2020 03:57 PM EDT

Colorado Governor Jared Polis wears a face mask as he heads into a news conference to update reporters on the state's efforts to stem the rise of the new coronavirus Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Flyover passes over Colorado hospitals, prison

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FILE - In this April 8, 2020, file photo, a truck bearing Weld County insignia sits outside the administrative office entrance at JBS USA in Greeley, Colo. A major meatpacking plant in Colorado that was closed because of the coronavirus is set to reopen Friday, April 24, 2020, after disinfecting the facility over the last two weeks, even as some question how workers will be able to maintain social distancing to curb the spread of the disease. The plant in Greeley was closed April 11 after health officials in Weld County cited the close proximity of workers to each other and employees working while they were sick as factors in the outbreak. (Alex McIntyre/The Greeley Tribune via AP, File)
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By Thomas Peipert Apr. 23, 2020 06:13 PM EDT

Few travelers queue up to pass through the south security checkpoint in the main terminal at Denver International Airport Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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