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PepsiCo plant in Beijing shut after 8 employees test Covid-19 positive
coronavirus at the facility, reported CNN.Two out of the eight who tested COVID-19 positive in the PepsiCo factory in Daxing district had recently been to the Xinfadi wholesale market, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was quoted as saying by Xinhua during a press conference on Sunday.After an employee in the company, which manufactures Lay's chips were confirmed with coronavirus on June 15, the plant immediately suspended production, Fan Zhimin, PepsiCo China Director of Corporate Affairs, was quoted as saying at a local government briefing.The China government health officials have confirmed that 87 people who had been in close contact with those infected have been sent to designated