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The families of the three workers say Tyson Foods knowingly put employees at risk and lied to keep them on the job.
![Workers leave the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Indiana US, the company has handed out personal protective equipment and placed plastic separators between workers to help stem the spread of the virus [Michael Conroy/AP Photo]](http://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/c571bff0be3b4a209d69243ebb326b4c_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The move aims to improve the health of Tyson workers and better protect them from the coronavirus.
![About 300 to 400 refrigerated poultry containers - currently in transit - are being diverted from China, according to the US Poultry and Egg Export Council [File: John Taggart/Bloomberg]](http://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/baf5036ebf3b4a799d353ce0690a8235_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Frozen and refrigerated goods are beginning to spoil as the virus roils the global shipping trade, US exporters say.
