Amazon Confirms First Covid-19 Case in U.S. Warehouses
- Worker in Queens site near LaGuardia Airport in quarantine
- Amazon temporarily closed the warehouse and sent workers home
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Amazon.com Inc. revealed an employee working at one of its Queens, New York shipping facilities has contracted Covid-19, the first infection reported in a U.S. delivery network that’s become a lifeline of essentials for consumers sheltering at home.
Amazon temporarily closed the warehouse near LaGuardia Airport -- sending workers home with full pay -- so it can be cleaned and sanitized. The confirmed case was in an Amazon “delivery station,” much smaller than a so-called fulfillment center where thousands of employees work with robots to pack and ship orders. Amazon did not disclose how many people work at the Queens facility.