(Radio Iowa) — Governor Kim Reynolds says ALL the employees of meat packing plants in Tama and Columbus Junction have been tested for COVID-19. The beef plant in Tama reopened this (Monday) morning, but the pork plant in Columbus Junction remains closed. Reynolds says all the meat processing plants in Iowa have been complying with the latest safety recommendations and she does NOT plan to issue an executive order shutting any of them down for cleaning.

Reynolds announced this morning COVID-19 outbreaks have been confirmed at two more Iowa nursing homes and 58 coronavirus patients in Iowa hospitals are in critical condition on ventilators.