COVID-19 news update, worldwide

This 2 September 2020 video from the USA says about itself:

Covid, Death, Foster Farms & Capitalist Crimes In California’s Central Valley

WorkWeek looks at the growing Covid-19 virus pandemic in California‘s Central Valley where a large amount of world’s agricultural products are grown and processed.

We interview actor and community activist Ramon Real who discusses his and other activists efforts to prevent the expansion of the pandemic in March 2020. He reports that major corporations such as Foster Farms, Dole and many others refused to provide proper distancing and protection and ordered workers to continue to work even when they were sick with Covid. He also reports that workers were passing out on assembly lines and were brought to the cafeteria to be picked up by their relatives so the company would not be responsible for their Covid contamination.

He also reports that Cal/OSHA has not enforced health and safety laws to protect the workers despite numerous complaints to Cal/OSHA of the growing pandemic.

USA: Maine wedding linked to more than 140 COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths.

What young, healthy people have to fear from COVID-19.

Belgian daily De Standaard reports today that Edward Lachaert, chairman of the Flemish pro-Big Business party Open VLD and charged by the Belgian king with forming a new coalition government, has been infected with COVID-19.