COVID-19 Testing of Farm Employees Begins in Wayne County
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Now that workers are arriving for the apple harvest, growers in Wayne County are using the state program for free, on-farm COVID-19 testing of farmworkers. Here is a video and collection of photos from on-farm testing at Teeple Farms on September 1st, 2020. In the video, Frank Teeple explains why he chose to get his workers tested early for COVID-19.
Frank Teeple shares his reasons for testing workers early:
Photos from on-farm testing at Teeple Farms on September 1st, 2020:
Finger Lakes Community Health sets up the testing site at the old Empire Farm.
Finger Lakes Community health staff prepare to begin testing.
Workers wait in line to be tested. Approximately seventy employees were tested in about two hours.
Workers get registered and tested.
Frank Teeple gets tested.
Workers get registered and tested.
Duke Mitchell and Frank Teeple converse after getting tested.
Frank Teeple decided to get the workers tested now right after they arrived from Mexico. "If we find that somebody's sick right now, we have time to deal with that, and get them healthy so they're ready to pick in the peak of our season."
Links to register for On-Farm Testing:
- Registration link for the free NYS Covid-19 testing program available to farms in Wayne and Orleans Counties, click here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/78fd67f98e104d1c95f533cb8ac9c200
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