Amazon: Nearly 20,000 US workers tested positive for Covid-19

The online retail behemoth said that the infection rate of its employees was well below that seen in the general US population. — AP

NEW YORK: Amazon said on Oct 1 that nearly 20,000 of its front-line US workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes Covid-19.

But the online retail behemoth, revealing the data for the first time, said that the infection rate of its employees was well below that seen in the general US population. The disclosure comes after months of pressure from Amazon workers and labour groups calling for the company to divulge the Covid-19 numbers.