Bonamici calls for community meeting to address concerns about Pacific Seafood outbreak

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici on Tuesday called on the Oregon Health Authority and Pacific Seafood to provide more information and address community concerns about the coronavirus outbreak at the Warrenton plant. Pacific Seafood has said 95 workers have tested positive for the virus, the largest workplace outbreak in Clatsop County during the pandemic. In a letter to Patrick Allen, the director of the Oregon Health Authority, the congresswoman said she is "deeply concerned." "In the outreach my office has done with local leaders, we have learned that the community lacks information about this outbreak and urgently needs answers that will expedite containment of the spread in this small, rural community," the Oregon Democrat said. Bonamici requested that Allen work with Pacific Seafood to convene a virtual community meeting, with simultaneous Spanish language interpretation, as soon as possible so the public can ask questions and receive information.