Mining the Virus?

It has been reported that mines in Canada, USA and other countries are hot-spots for the transmission of Covid-19 (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/05/mines-coronavirus-hotspots-report-us-canada). This is hardly remarkable, as miners often travel to working locations and operate there, in close proximity to other workers (they may even share equipment). What is more worrying is that they also appear to pass on infection to indigenous groups living around the mine. In some endeavours (especially in illegal activities seen in some parts of the world), miners also rapidly relocate from one area to another. Careful attention needs to be directed to all forms of mining at this time.