Brazil’s BRF closes Rio Verde meat plant as it tests workforce for coronavirus

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s largest chicken processor BRF SA has closed its Rio Verde plant in Goias state since last Friday as it tests the workforce for coronavirus, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

The company employs 8,600 people directly and indirectly at the Rio Verde plant, its biggest in the country.

(Reporting by Ana Mano; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)