Amazon ordered to close Canadian facility on Covid-19 cases

Amazon was ordered by health officials to close its facility outside Toronto, Canada for two weeks over concerns about rising Covid-19 cases inside the complex. — AP

Amazon.com Inc. has been ordered to close a facility outside Toronto for two weeks as public health officials worry about rising Covid-19 cases inside the complex.

While the rate of Covid-19 infection has been falling in the Peel region in the past few weeks, the rate inside the Brampton, Ontario, fulfillment center "has been increasing significantly, ” the local health authority said Friday in a statement. Every employee at the site may have experienced "high-risk exposure, ” the agency said.