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Workers Making COVID Test Kits Exposed to COVID
At Access Bio in New Jersey, mostly Latina immigrant temp workers lacking protections on the job face hazardous conditions.
Illustration by Jandos Rothstein
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. â Late in the afternoon of February 19, more than 50 temporary workers disembarked from 15-passenger vans, bearing signage like âThe Beginning Transportation LLCâ and âEagle Cleaning Services.â Clad in heavy layers of clothing, the workers were about to begin their second shift at the Access Bio plant. The facility specializes in producing test kits for COVID-19, malaria, and dengue fever, part of a global supply chain that includes the World Health Organization, Doctors Without Borders, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to the companyâs website.