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The COVID-19 pandemic hit meat processing facilities in the United States suddenly and dramatically. Between April 9 and April 27, more than 4,900 COVID-19 cases were reported among 115 different meat and poultry processing facilities. Rising cases and contamination fears led major processors, such as Smithfield, Va.-based Smithfield Foods, to shut down plants in April. During this period, large retailers like Kroger and Costco implemented meat rationing.
These developments prompted President Donald Trump to invoke the Defense Production Act on April 28, compelling plants to remain open - and brought the resilience of the meat supply chain under scrutiny.
Bahrain’s GDP recovers to 1.4pc growth in Q3 2020
MANAMA, January 6, 2021 Bahrain’s real GDP grew at 1.4% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), or 10.8% in nominal terms, during the third quarter (Q3) of 2020, recovering in line with the global economy after the contractions over the first half of the year, a report said. The contractions occurred as a result of the repercussions of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the decline in global oil prices, reported
Bahrain News Agency (BNA), citing the Q3 2020 Bahrain Economic Quarterly report published by the Ministry of Finance and National Economy. Bahrain’s real GDP growth on a quarterly basis comes as a result of the real growth in both the oil sector GDP, of 1.7%, and the non-oil sector GDP, of 1.3%, both QoQ. Meanwhile, the Kingdom’s real GDP contracted in Q3 2020, by 6.9%, and 9.2% in nominal terms, compared to Q3 2019.