Abbatoirs, Meat Processing Factories, And Dairies Need To Screen Their Workers For Fever On Their Way Into Work

Trade union Siptu says airport-style temperature scanners should be installed

There are six known clusters at meat plants, and the HSE's set up a committee on controlling infection which has started drawing up guidelines. 

Siptu Organiser Greg Ennis says the scanners are commercially available and would be a highly effective way of protecting workers: