In California, more than 500,000 agricultural workers are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 due to their living conditions, experts warned.
In agricultural communities, COVID-19 infection rates were up to 2.5 times higher, and due to the location of these communities, they are also exposed to other respiratory diseases such as asthma.
Thousands of people who work in the fields are daily exposed to the poor air conditions in their work areas and to pesticides that daily harm their health.
Despite being aware of the risks that agricultural workers face when performing their duties, the health conditions of this sector began to be taken into account with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic.