COVID-19 | Amazon confirms first virus case among U.S. employees

‘All co-workers in contact with the employee, who worked at Amazon’s South Lake Union office complex in Seattle, have been informed’

March 04, 2020 10:23 am | Updated December 03, 2021 06:54 am IST - United States

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Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday an employee in the United States tested positive for the coronavirus .

“We’re supporting the affected employee who is in quarantine,” a company spokeswoman said in an email to Reuters.

The spokeswoman confirmed a report by Bloomberg News that all co-workers in contact with the employee, who worked at Amazon’s South Lake Union office complex in Seattle, had been informed.

The company said on Sunday two employees in Milan, Italy , had been infected with the virus and were under quarantine.

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