Amazon Confirms First Case of<br />COVID-19 Among US Employees An Amazon worker in Seattle,<br />Washington, has tested positive for<br />the coronavirus, adding to the growing<br />number of cases in the United States. With all nine confirmed COVID-19 deaths having occurred<br />in Washington, it was expected that Amazon would<br />become one of the first large companies to be affected. According to ‘Bloomberg,’ the infected employee<br />works at the company’s South Lake Union office<br />and initially went home sick on Feb. 25. On March 3, the employee alerted Amazon that they<br />had contracted COVID-19, and Amazon passed<br />the news on to all their Seattle employees via email. In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson<br />said the company is “supporting the affected<br />employee who is in quarantine." Although this is Amazon’s first case of COVID-19<br />in the U.S., it is not their first case globally. It was confirmed on March 1 that two Amazon<br />workers in Milan, Italy, tested positive for the<br />virus and are currently under quarantine. Amazon is urging all employees to stop non-essential<br />travel, cancelling warehouse tours and conducting<br />job interviews virtually, rather than face-to-face.
