Amazon’s blog post, published Thursday, states that 1.44 percent of Amazon’s employees, or 19,816 workers, have tested positive or are “positive for COVID-19.” The company says it employs 1,372,000 front-line employees across both Amazon and Foods.
This blog shows for the first time how many of its workers have signed up for the COVID-19 deal, and comes after months of demand for transparency from workers, governments and Amazon investors. Amazon warehouse workers reported trying to determine how many of their colleagues had contracted the disease. The revelation is significant even after remarks by Dave Clark, senior vice president of Amazon, worldwide operations in May, who said that “the total number of cases is not particularly useful.” 60 minutes Interview.
Amazon points out that its 19,816 cases are lower than the 33,952 reported when comparing its total employee count with the general population case rate reported by Johns Hopkins University. But while it will paint Amazon in a positive light, at least 10 employees have died from the disease, NBC News An article published yesterday confirmed with Amazon that the company did not discuss the death in today’s blog post.
Amazon says it conducts thousands of COVID-19 tests every day, with a target of 50,000 tests a day at 650 sites by November. The company also says it has distributed more than 100 million face masks, launched temperature checks and introduced “advanced cleaning procedures” on its sites.
However, workers at a warehouse in Indianapolis, Indiana said Edge Cleaning has been uneven and the site is too crowded for proper social distance In the month of May. And in June, three warehouse workers claimed that working conditions put them at risk of COVID-19 infection.
