Amazon announced the closure of a warehouse in New Jersey until Dec. 26, after another number of employees infected with COVID-19 were found.
An Amazon spokesman said, “The COVID-19 detection program One of our employees has been infected with COVID-19. Additional at PNE5 warehouse in New Jersey. And is an asymptomatic infection Therefore, we have decided to close this warehouse until December 26th, and employees at this warehouse will be paid as usual. “
Amazons will also add more tests for the COVID-19 virus. To 50,000 employees per day
Last October Amazon has admitted for the first time that There is an epidemic of COVID-19. Among the employees of the company It employs over 19,000 people or accounts for 1.44% of the total workforce. Infected with COVID-19 After the previous Amazon has long refused to disclose information about infected people. Despite being subjected to labor groups, politicians and regulators Coming out of pressure many times
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