Amazon to deploy masks and temperature checks for workers by next week


An Amazon package is delivered and left at the door during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in El Masnou, north to Barcelona, Spain. Amazon said it would start testing hundreds of thousands of employees a day for fevers. Staff at all its US and European warehouses plus Whole Foods stores will have surgical masks available by early next week, after millions were ordered weeks ago, according to Amazon. — Reuters

Amazon.com Inc plans to roll out temperature checks and face masks for staff at all its US and European warehouses plus Whole Foods stores by early next week, a huge deployment for workers on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.

The company, which has reported virus cases among warehouse staff and faced several demonstrations, said it would start testing hundreds of thousands of employees a day for fevers. It told Reuters it would use no-contact forehead thermometers at site entrances and send anyone registering more than 100.4° Fahrenheit (38° Celsius) home.

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