(Radio Iowa) — Governor Kim Reynolds says the full extent of the COVID-19 outbreak among employees at the Tyson meat packing plant in Columbus Junction isn’t yet known, but so far 166 employees at the plant have tested positive for the virus. Test results processed between Sunday and Monday alone indicated 86 workers have the virus. Reynolds says another 80 positive test results are from last week in Louisa and surrounding counties.

The plant processes pork and was closed April 6th after the first batches of test results shows more than two dozen employees had COVID-19.

The governor says state officials have secured extra testing supplies for the plant, which employs about 14-hundred people. Opening the pork plant back up will require extensive testing, according to governor. Reynolds has also communicated with managers of the beef plant in Tama that has closed after several employees tested positive for OCVID-19. Reynolds says getting these plants back up is critical to farmers and the food supply chain.

Reynolds says the companies that operate the plants in Columbus Junction and Tama have indicated they’ll have enough face masks and face shields for employees once they reopen.