Amazon’s founder and CEO shared a letter outlining the company’s steps for the safety of its employees.
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The return to normal activity in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic will demand previous massive tests worldwide. This was stated by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in his annual letter to shareholders, which he made public. In the letter, he also highlighted the actions taken by the company to protect workers.
“Regular testing on a global scale, across all industries, would make it easier to maintain security and help get the economy back up and running,” he said, adding that “to be possible” it would take “much more capacity. of the one currently available. “
In the framework of the pandemic, Amazon maintained its e-commerce operations, but closed its physical stores in which they did not sell products considered essential, while its employees were located in other sectors of the company.
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“A next step to protect our employees could be to make regular tests, including those who show no symptoms “, Bezos continued, highlighting that workers were given facial masks and implemented temperature controls.
With the same intention, he noted, “We regularly disinfect door handles, stair handrails, lockers, elevator buttons, and touchscreens, and disinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer are the norm throughout our network. ”
Scientific investigation
Amazon, which is collaborating with the World Health Organization, also started working to have a laboratory that allows to increase the capacity of tests, task to which it assigned many of its specialists, among which there are scientists and software engineers. “We have started assembling the equipment we need to build our first lab and we hope to start testing a small number of our front-line employees soon, “said Bezos.
“We are not sure how far we will go in the relevant time frame, but we think it is worth a try, and we are ready to share whatever we learn,” he concluded.
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