Los Angeles Apparel factory shut down following covid-19 outbreak that infected 300 and killed 4
Los Angeles Apparel, the reincarnation of Dov Charney-led American Apparel, has closed its factory after an outbreak of coronavirus infected more than 300 people andPublic health officials initially shut down operations on June 27 after finding what they described as “flagrant violations of mandatory public health infection control orders.”
The company was allowed to open as essential business since it started making face masks, but failed to cooperate as officials tried to investigate reports of an outbreak, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health CBS. On July 10, the factory was ordered closed again, weeks after a medical worker reported the outbreak.“The death of four dedicated garment workers is heartbreaking and tragic,” Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said in a statement.
“Business owners and operators have a corporate, moral and social responsibility to their employees and their families to provide a safe work environment that adheres to all of the health officer directives — this responsibility is important, now more than ever, as we continue to fight this deadly virus.”
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