Hundreds of workers at Tesla’s California plant have contracted the coronavirus after opening a factory in the midst of a pandemic. Reported by The Washington Post.
After opening in May, the plant recorded 10 cases of infection, subsequently their number continued to grow and reached 125 cases in December. In total, from May to December 2020, at least 450 coronavirus infections were recorded.
In May 2020, Musk opened a facility in Fremont that assembles electric vehicles, despite a state ban. He asked, if someone was going to be arrested, that only him be taken into custody. The company employs about 10 thousand people. Then US President Donald Trump stood up for the billionaire and demanded from the California state authorities to allow the Tesla plant to be restored.
Before that, the head of SpaceX and Tesla called the panic over coronavirus stupid. Musk’s words posted on Twitter surprised and angered some of the entrepreneur’s followers.