COVID-19 cases have been connected to the construction site of a Portage la Prairie pea protein plant.Four of the affected people are construction workers helping to build the plant, while the other is a Roquette Canada employee.A Roquette spokesperson said 850-1000 people work on site daily.“We are confident that our COVID prevention protocols are some of the very best in Manitoba for a large construction site,” the spokesperson said in an email to Global News.The company was informed Friday of a construction worker who tested positive following exposure to a family member with COVID-19.
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