U.S. grocery stores limit customer purchases of beef, pork and poultry

The U.S. grocery store Costco announced on Monday that it will limit the number of beef, pork, and poultry items. 

"Fresh meat purchases are temporarily limited to a total of three items per member among the beef, pork and poultry products", Costco said in a statement on its website. 

Meanwhile, the grocery store giant Kroger also took similar action and have begun limiting customer purchases of fresh pork and ground beef. 

Local media reported that around three percent of workers in over 100 meat processing plants in the U.S. have been infected with COVID-19. 

As of Monday evening, the U.S. has reported at least 1.17 million cases of COVID-19 and the death toll has risen to 68,689.