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COVID-19 is affecting the food supply chain, including a Garrett-based nonprofit that partners with processors to provide meat for food banks.

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry is experiencing an influx of pigs sent to it from

farmers because meat plants such as Tyson in Logansport are shuttered or have slowed production because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Last week, we had 28,000 pigs donated,” said Deb Treesh, executive direc-tor of Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry. “If we don’t (process them), these animals are go-

ing to go in the dumps.”But the organization needs

help.Hoosiers Feeding the

Hungry, which also process-es other animals, expects at least an additional 500 pigs per week moving forward.

The cost to process a pig is about $200, according to a news release from the non-profit.

“That is $100,000 per week that we will need

ASAP,” the release says.Donors can give money

at hoosiersfeedingthehungry.org/donate-funds or by mail-ing a check or money order to the organization.

Tyson closed its Lo-gansport pork plant 14 days after employees tested pos-itive for COVID-19. Com-pany officials have said they will resume limited produc-tion this week, according to Brownfield Ag News, a news

outlet in Missouri that covers farming and agriculture.

Other producers also have been affected.

Miller Poultry in Orland said Wednesday that 136 of its almost 800 workers – about 17% – tested positive for COVID-19 during testing last week.

Most positive tests came from employees who did not have symptoms and still show no symptoms, the company

said in a message to employ-ees provided to The Journal Gazette.

“These numbers are very low compared to what oth-er meat and poultry plants are seeing across the coun-try,” the message says. “This shows that the many preven-tative measures that were put in place weeks ago along with the additional (person-

Meat supply pinch makes way into regionWorkers getting sick, laid offMATTHEW LEBLANCThe Journal Gazette

INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric Holcomb and key state officials Wednesday updat-ed Hoosiers on COVID-19 – from new testing sites to hospital resources – as cases continue to rise.

The Indiana State Depart-ment of Health announced 862 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 for a total of 21,870. A total of 1,264 Hoosiers have died – an in-crease of 51.

An additional 41 Allen County residents have test-ed positive for COVID-19, bringing that total Wednes-day to 729 cases and 59 deaths.

While the number of cas-es has increased, intensive care unit and ventilator ca-pacity remains steady. As of Tuesday, about 41% of ICU beds and 79.4% of ventila-tors were available through-out the state.

But a reporter asked about the number of ICU beds and ventilators dropping by hun-dreds.

State Health Commission-er Dr. Kristina Box said hos-

pitals are starting to “stand down” beds and ventilators that had been repurposed to prepare for a surge of coro-navirus cases. She said they have the ability to ramp back up quickly if needed.

Statewide, there are 2,736 current ICU beds and 3,091 ventilators. A week ago those numbers were 3,264 and 3,189.

But availability has re-mained steady, Box said.

Box also mentioned a spike of cases in Hendricks County at a Department of Correction facility. Medical Director Dr. Kristen Dauss said the agency has start-ed testing all offenders that come through their intake facility in Hendricks County. She called it a hot zone in the Plainfield area with three re-lated facilities.

“We probably will see that number increase,” she said. “It is something we are aware of and on top of,” she said.

The agency also has add-ed data to its site showing how many offenders overall the agency has tested. The latest data shows 844 offend-

More test sites open; cases riseNIKI KELLYThe Journal Gazette

Resources plentiful, state says

Once you learn, you never forget

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Mike Moore | The Journal Gazette

Reed Castillo, 5, gets help learning to ride his bike Wednesday from his father, Josue Castillo, at Shoaff Park.

WASHINGTON – As Europe and the U.S. loosen their lockdowns against the coronavirus, health experts are expressing growing dread over what they say is an all-but-certain second wave of deaths and infections that could force governments to clamp back down.

“We’re risking a backslide that will be intolerable,” said Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University’s Center for Infec-tion and Immunity.

Around the world, Ger-man authorities began draw-ing up plans in case of a re-surgence of the virus. Experts in Italy urged intensified efforts to identify new vic-tims and trace their contacts. And France, which hasn’t yet eased its lockdown, has already worked up a “recon-finement plan” in the event of

a new wave.“There will be a second

wave, but the problem is, to which extent? Is it a small wave or a big wave? It’s too early to say,” said Olivier Schwartz, head of the virus unit at France’s Pasteur Insti-tute.

In the U.S., with about half of the states easing their shutdowns to get their econo-mies restarted and cellphone data showing that people are becoming restless and increasingly leaving home, public health authorities are worried.

Many states have not put in place the robust testing that experts believe is nec-essary to detect and contain new outbreaks. And many governors have pressed ahead before their states met one of the key benchmarks in

Health experts warn of virus resurgenceASSOCIATED PRESS

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An infant was injured in a drive-by shooting Wednes-day night in the 4500 block of South Monroe Street at Congress Avenue on Fort Wayne’s south side.

Sgt. C. Taylor of the Fort Wayne Police Depart-ment said two to four shots were fired at an older-mod-el silver Grand Am about 7:40 p.m.

As police surrounded the scene, the Grand Am was surrounded by yellow tape in the middle of the street. Police talked to neighbors, many of whom were out-side in the fading daylight.

The baby and a 2-year-old were in the back seat and a male was driving when the shooting occurred,

Taylor said. A bullet grazed the baby in the back of the head, but the injuries were not life-threatening, Taylor said.

A neighbor told The Journal Gazette he saw a woman carrying the baby up Monroe Street and cry-ing, but it’s unclear if the woman was inside the car when the shooting occurred. Taylor said he didn’t know the infant’s age or gender,

but a relative said the baby is a 3-month-old girl.

Taylor said there are no suspects, but witnesses told police shots were fired from a dark green Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The shooting is under investigation. Anyone with information should call the detective bureau at 260-427-1201 or Crime Stop-pers at 260-436-7867. jduffy@jg.net

Infant wounded in drive-by

JAMIE DUFFYThe Journal Gazette

Grazed by shots fired at car on Monroe Street

Katie Fyfe | The Journal Gazette

Police say an infant was hurt in a drive-by shoot-ing Wednesday night on South Monroe Street.