Reluctant to work in infected German slaughterhouse, Romanian goes home to raise goats

Alberto Gogu uses a shovel to clear debris in his courtyard in Calmautiu, Romania, July 6, 2020. Picture taken July 6, 2020. Inquam Photos/Adel Al-Haddad via REUTERS

CALMATUIU, Romania (Reuters) - Romanian Alberto Gogu worked exhausting shifts in freezing temperatures at Germany's biggest meat-packing plant. An outbreak of coronavirus infections there only made things worse.

So he has quit and gone back to his home village on the River Danube plains to fix up his house and try his hand at goat-farming.