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Amazon: nearly 20,000 cases

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    Posted: October 01 2020 at 11:03pm

The work place can be a jungle.  

Quote Amazon said that more than 19,816 of its frontline workers in the US have contracted Covid-19 since March. 

The number equates to 1.44% of its 1.37 million workers across Amazon and its subsidiary Whole Foods.  

Amazon had faced criticism from employees, unions and elected officials, who have accused the company of putting employees' health at risk. 

But the online retailing giant said its infection rate is lower than expected. 

Amazon has kept its facilities open throughout the pandemic to meet a surge in demand from shoppers stuck at home. 

Staying open has proven very lucrative for the e-commerce firm, and has added to the wealth of founder Jeff Bezos, who is the world's richest man.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54381928


The infection figures are high, but the company claims they are below the national average adjusted for age etc

Quote In a blog post, Amazon argued that 33,952 workers would have contracted the virus if Amazon's infection rate had equalled the wider population's, when accounting for employees' age and geography. 

...The company said that it "introduced or changed over 150 processes", distributed more than 100 million face masks, and implemented temperature checks at its facilities around the world.  

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