The infection at a delivery station is the first at a U.S.-based warehouse. Amazon says the facility in Queens has been temporarily shut down for cleaning.
An Amazon delivery truck seen on Wednesday in Plainview, New York. The online retailer says an employee at a warehouse in New York City has tested positive for coronavirus.An Amazon delivery truck seen on Wednesday in Plainview, New York. The online retailer says an employee at a warehouse in New York City has tested positive for coronavirus.
Although the online retailing giant said Monday that five employees at its warehouses in Spain and Italy had tested positive for the virus, Thursday's announcement of the New York case is the first of a U.S.-based warehouse worker. Earlier, thethat two office employees in Seattle, where the company is based, had contracted the virus.
"We are supporting the individual who is now in quarantine," an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement of the latest incident in New York, according to
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