Workers at Latin America's Biggest Port Start to Fall Ill
Workers at Latin America’s Biggest Port Start to Fall Ill
Bloomberg
Fabiana Batista
Bloomberg
May 13, 2020
(Bloomberg) -- Brazilian port workers are starting to fall ill as the coronavirus pandemic reaches one of Latin America’s busiest shipping hubs.
At least three privately-run terminals that handle soybeans, corn, sugar and coffee at the Santos port in Brazil have registered two cases each of Covid-19 in the past two weeks, according to people with direct knowledge. Container terminal operator Santos Brasil had one worker test positive Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Antonio Carlos Sepulvedasaid by telephone.
While the infections haven’t restricted operations yet, the terminals are fighting to contain the outbreak at a time of all-time high exports and queues of vessels.
One of the terminals has implemented strict social-distancing measures as well as a contingency plan that includes bringing in outsourced workers if absenteeism among its 500-strong staff puts operations at risk, said one of the people who asked not to be identified because the matter hasn’t been made public.
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