68 Employees Recovered & Returned to Work at Lincoln Premium Poultry

FREMONT – Lincoln Premium Poultry (LPP) said Wednesday afternoon that 15 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the company’s update last week, bringing the company total to 88 cases.
The company has also registered 110 negative cases among employees; 68 Lincoln Premium Poultry team members have recovered and returned to work.
“We have watched COVID-19 cases come in each week,” said Jessica Kolterman, representing LPP. “We continue to keep the curve flat within our facilities, and are working to improve our mitigation efforts. As we ease into the next phase and what we consider a ‘new normal,’ we will report total cases to the public once a month.”
Lincoln Premium Poultry has worked hard on mitigation efforts since the end of February.  “The pandemic has had an impact on our team members like everyone else in the world, but we are proud of the education we have done and the way our team members have adapted to our new processes” said Kolterman. “Our new normal means continued use of masks, temp checks, social distancing, and other interventions.”