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  • Workers at a refinery owned by Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras went on strike Monday, demanding more protection against a surge of Covid-19. The Minas Gerais state oil workers' union said the indefinite strike at the Gabriel Passos Refinery was "to defend workers' lives and rights," accusing the company of a "disregard for safety measures to contain infections." Brazil is struggling with a crush of Covid-19 cases that has pushed many hospitals to the breaking point -- and reportedly taken a heavy toll at the 150,000-barrel-a-day refinery, located outside the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte. The union blamed the outbreak partly on "excessively crowded conditions," which it said in a statement were caused by Petrobras bringing in outside employees to do maintenance work at the refinery. Petrobras is using more than 2,000 temporary employees for the project, nearly doubling the refinery's workforce, said news site UOL. Brazilian media reports said the refinery had more than 100 cases of Covid-19 last week, including 11 that required hospitalization. A Petrobras spokesman told AFP the company could not confirm Covid-19 infection numbers at a specific facility. Petrobras, Brazil's largest company, defended its handling of the pandemic. "Petrobras has spared no effort against Covid-19," it said in a statement. "Unfortunately, there is an increase in cases nationwide, and that increase has affected Petrobras collaborators as well." The company said it had deployed "contingency teams" and that there was no impact on production from the strike. Brazil is facing a new wave of Covid-19, blamed partly on the emergence of a local variant of the virus that is suspected to be more contagious. Its average daily death toll has more than tripled since the start of the year, to 2,259. More than 294,000 people have died of Covid-19, second only to the United States. Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who has defied expert advice on lockdowns and face masks to contain the virus, is facing pressure to get the outbreak under control. The lack of nationwide social distancing policies has left states, cities and individual companies to implement a patchwork of responses. German automaker Volkswagen said Friday it was suspending production at its four plants in Brazil for 12 days because of the Covid-19 surge. jhb/sst
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  • Brazil refinery workers strike over Covid surge
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