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        <title><![CDATA[Coronavirus cases reportedly surging at Tesla facility in California]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More than 1,500 Tesla workers have been infected or come in contact with someone who was infected with the coronavirus in recent months, according to a new report.</p><p>The majority of the cases popped up at Tesla&#8217;s Fremont, Calif. factory, according to <strong>Tesla blog Electrek</strong>. The facility was the focal point of a standoff between CEO Elon Musk and California authorities, who forced it to shut down under statewide lockdown orders.</p><p>Internal data obtained by the blog shows that a majority of employees who may have been exposed to the virus did not subsequently receive a COVID-19 test. More than 130 employees have tested positive for the virus.</p><p>Exposures to the virus have spiked in recent days, with more than 250 people exposed in each of the past two weeks — up from less than 50 a month ago.</p><p>While Tesla has implemented measures meant to keep employees safe, such as temperature checks and mandatory social distancing, employees told the blog that rules are not always followed.</p><p>The Washington Post <strong>reported in June</strong> that half a dozen anonymous Tesla workers said that the Northern California factory was lax in enforcing its safety measures, including the sanitation of machinery.</p><p>The report alleged that factory employees are “hovering over each other,” and that there is a lack of communication between management and staff <strong>regarding coronavirus cases among workers</strong>. Employees disappear for weeks at a time, according to the report, with supervisors saying only that they were “sick.”</p><figure id="attachment_15982009"  class="wp-caption alignnone aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Tesla-Factory.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Tesla-Factory.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/07/Tesla-Factory.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Tesla&#8217;s factory in Fremont, Calif.</span><span class="credit">The Washington Post via Getty Im</span></figcaption></figure><p>Tesla <strong>reopened its factory last month</strong> against Alameda County orders after a prolonged standoff with state health officials. Musk had railed against the coronavirus lockdown, calling it “fascist” and saying the government was&nbsp;“forcibly imprisoning people in their homes against all their constitutional rights.”</p><p>The billionaire chief executive has previously downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic, <strong>calling it “dumb”</strong> in early March.</p><p>The company last month laid out a plan for reopening factories, publishing a 38-page “<strong>Return to Work Playbook</strong>” that called for a wide range of precautions to keep plants clean and prevent the coronavirus from spreading among workers.</p><p>“We will continue to put people back to work in a safe and responsible manner,” Tesla said in May.</p><p>Shares of Tesla were up 1.8 percent Tuesday afternoon, trading at $1,524.29. The automaker&#8217;s stock is up more than 250 percent this year.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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