Even as gathering restrictions ease up and more and more people get vaccinated, event planning in 2021 will still have challenges. We recently hosted two in-person events, one indoors and the other outdoors, and we’d like to share what we learned.
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The Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) has recorded more than 71,000 worker cases and 321 deaths linked to nearly 1,400 COVID-19 outbreaks at meat and food plants and on farms.
The pandemic has caused plants, like Tyson Foods, to temporarily shut down and employees to go on strike. For example, workers at multiple Washington packing plants demanded personal protective equipment (PPE) inside the facility as well as hazard pay for workers. As COVID-19 continues, food processing plants should be prepared in case they experience an outbreak (two or more positive cases).
Here is a checklist on how food processing plants can deal with an outbreak at their property.
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It’s no shock that hosting events during and post-COVID-19 will require major adjustments. According to a Northstar Meetings Group’s Pulse Survey, more than one-quarter of planners whose meetings have been impacted by COVID-19 are rescheduling their events for some time in 2020.
Hosting in-person events can still be possible if you follow health and safety guidelines and change parts of the format. Here is the ultimate checklist to host a safe, in-person event/meeting during COVID-19.
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