More than 180 workers at this Toronto bakery got COVID-19 — but the public wasn’t informed. Why aren’t we being told about workplace outbreaks?

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In April 2020, 184 employees at a Toronto bakery, many of them low-wage temporary workers, were diagnosed with COVID-19. One worker died. As Sara Mojtehedzadeh reports, the outbreak raises an urgent question. Why was the public never informed by authorities, when experts say workplaces can play a significant role in community transmission? IWH President Dr. Cam Mustard offers comments.
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Toronto Star
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