Amazon's guidance to delivery drivers working through the pandemic

Amazon has provided its contract delivery drivers in the US with its most detailed guidance yet for collecting and distributing packages while maintaining good hygiene and social distance to slow the spread of coronavirus. — Nigel Kirby/Loop Images/dpa

Use your phone to knock on doors. Don't sneeze on the packages. Ask customers to set their identification on the ground and step away before you check it.

Amazon has provided its contract delivery drivers in the United States with its most detailed guidance yet for collecting and distributing packages while maintaining good hygiene and social distance to slow the spread of coronavirus. Many of the recommendations hew closely to those made by public health officials for weeks.