Amazon Begins Making Coronavirus Testing Lab for Workforce

  • Shortage of kits in U.S. means company can’t test all workers
  • Covid-19 is sowing panic in Amazon warehouses that remain open

      

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Amazon.com Inc. has started building a lab that will enable it to test employees for the Covid-19 virus, the latest step the online retailer is taking to try to protect its warehouse workers and delivery drivers who are getting essential products to customers sheltering at home.