Amazon teams up with Bill Gates-backed group to deliver coronavirus test kits
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon teams up with Bill Gates-backed group to deliver coronavirus test kits

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc is teaming up with a research program funded by Bill Gates to pick up and deliver coronavirus test kits in Seattle, the e-commerce giant said on Monday. The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, a group of medical, public health and research organizations, is collecting nasal swabs from a sample of people across King County and Seattle to learn how the infection is spreading in the areas. Amazon Care, the e-commerce giant's arm that provide medical care to employees, along with other delivery partners will provide infrastructure and logistics services to the effort, according to SCAN's website. CNBC first reported about the move, which Amazon said is limited to Amazon Care and does not involve its broader delivery network.

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Amazon to wind down its Amazon Care healthcare service for businesses
2 years, 4 months ago

Amazon to wind down its Amazon Care healthcare service for businesses

The Hindu  

Amazon.com Inc. plans to shut down its virtual healthcare service by the end of this year, the retailer said on Wednesday, as a deal to buy a rival provider awaits regulatory approval. Company executive Neil Lindsay told staff that Amazon Care, which lets business customers offer digital or at-home doctors' visits to their personnel, had shortcomings despite the retailer's efforts. …

Amazon buying One Medical is only its most recent dive into the health care industry
2 years, 5 months ago

Amazon buying One Medical is only its most recent dive into the health care industry

NPR  

Amazon buying One Medical is only its most recent dive into the health care industry Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Sohn/AP Michael Sohn/AP Amazon plans to buy the primary care organization One Medical in a nearly $4 billion deal, adding to the growing list of the tech giant's acquisitions and attempts to expand its reach in the health care …

Amazon builds healthcare muscle with $3.49 billion One Medical deal
2 years, 5 months ago

Amazon builds healthcare muscle with $3.49 billion One Medical deal

The Hindu  

Amazon.com Inc on Thursday agreed to buy primary care provider One Medical for $3.49 billion, expanding the e-commerce giant’s virtual care presence and adding some brick-and-mortar doctors’ offices to its healthcare arsenal. Carlyle Group Inc, which had paid $350 million for a minority stake in One Medical in 2018, will exit its position as part of Amazon’s acquisition, people familiar …

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID

The Hindu  

Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the more contagious delta variant. The surge of the delta variant of the coronavirus has upended many companies’ plans to bring office workers back this fall, a drive already complicated by efforts to accommodate widespread employee preference for flexible …

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon pushes back return to office to January due to COVID

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Amazon has pushed back its return-to-office date for tech and corporate workers until January as COVID-19 cases surge nationally due to the more contagious delta variant. The surge of the delta variant of the coronavirus has upended many companies’ plans to bring office workers back this fall, a drive already complicated by efforts to accommodate widespread employee preference …

Amazon to end testing for COVID-19 at warehouses this month
3 years, 5 months ago

Amazon to end testing for COVID-19 at warehouses this month

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon will stop testing workers …

Amazon donates $5 million of medical equipment to help India fight COVID
3 years, 7 months ago

Amazon donates $5 million of medical equipment to help India fight COVID

India TV News  

In a bid to help India, in its fight against the second and more lethal wave of coronavirus, Amazon has sent critical medical equipment worth over $5 million to support hospitals and other Covid care facilities across India, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. The medical equipment will be distributed to Amazon's on-the-ground community partners such as the American India …

Amazon offers to help Biden speed delivery of COVID vaccines
3 years, 11 months ago

Amazon offers to help Biden speed delivery of COVID vaccines

Al Jazeera  

The incoming CEO of Amazon’s retail unit wrote that the company is ‘prepared to leverage our operations, information technology and communications capabilities and expertise’ in vaccinating people. In a letter dated Wednesday, Dave Clark, the incoming chief executive officer of Amazon’s retail unit, offered his congratulations to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. He reiterated a request Amazon …

Amazon reveals 19,8000 employees have tested positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Amazon reveals 19,8000 employees have tested positive for COVID-19

Daily Mail  

Nearly 20,000 Amazon employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in March, the company has revealed. Amazon said 19,816 of its 1.37million workers, have contracted the virus - a rate of 1.4 per cent. Amazon on Thursday revealed 19,816 of its employees have tested positive since March The company analyzed data on 1.37million workers at …

Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers have had coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its workers have had coronavirus

LA Times  

Amazon was facing pressure from labor groups and its own workers to divulge its COVID-19 numbers. Amazon says that nearly 20,000 of its frontline U.S. workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. “This is not an arena where companies should compete — this is an arena where companies should help one another.” The …

Amazon said nearly 20,000 employees have tested positive or been presumed positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Amazon said nearly 20,000 employees have tested positive or been presumed positive for COVID-19

CNN  

CNN Business — Amazon said Thursday that 19,816 of its front-line US employees at Amazon and Whole Foods have tested positive or been presumed positive for the coronavirus, shedding light for the first time on how its workforce has been impacted by Covid-19. In a blog post, the company said it did a “thorough analysis of data on all 1,372,000 …

An internal Amazon memo shows how closely it’s tracking coronavirus data at warehouses
4 years, 6 months ago

An internal Amazon memo shows how closely it’s tracking coronavirus data at warehouses

CNN  

CNN Business — For months, Amazon has refused to reveal data on the number of coronavirus cases inside its warehouses by claiming the data itself “isn’t particularly useful,” frustrating workers and critics hoping for a clearer picture of infections within what have become critical hubs for home supplies. “Over the months of Covid-19, thousands of employees and partners have worked …

Amazon insists sharing data on coronavirus cases in its warehouses isn’t useful
4 years, 7 months ago

Amazon insists sharing data on coronavirus cases in its warehouses isn’t useful

CNN  

CNN — Amazon is famed for its data-driven approach to management and decision-making. But when it comes to the total number of coronavirus cases in its warehouses, Amazon’s view is, as one executive recently put it, that information isn’t “particularly useful.” For weeks, the company has frustrated workers and critics by declining to provide information about the total number of …

Amazon Workers Stage New Protests Over Warehouse Coronavirus Safety
4 years, 8 months ago

Amazon Workers Stage New Protests Over Warehouse Coronavirus Safety

NPR  

Amazon Workers Stage New Protests Over Warehouse Coronavirus Safety Enlarge this image toggle caption Bebeto Matthews/AP Bebeto Matthews/AP Amazon warehouse workers are staging a nationwide protest against the company, an action that could be the largest yet targeting Amazon's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Sponsor Message Tuesday's protest is the latest wave of action by Amazon warehouse workers, some of …

Bezos Hopes To Start Amazon Workers Coronavirus Testing 'Soon'
4 years, 8 months ago

Bezos Hopes To Start Amazon Workers Coronavirus Testing 'Soon'

NPR  

Bezos Hopes To Start Amazon Workers Coronavirus Testing 'Soon' Enlarge this image toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says "vastly more" COVID-19 testing is needed for the U.S. economy to reopen, while his company is building its own lab to potentially begin its own testing of all workers. "We have begun assembling the equipment …

Facing scrutiny over safety, Amazon fires two more employees
4 years, 8 months ago

Facing scrutiny over safety, Amazon fires two more employees

Al Jazeera  

The e-commerce giant was urged to improve working conditions after cases of COVID-19 were reported at some facilities. Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it terminated two employees, who criticised the working conditions at the e-commerce giant’s warehouses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, for “repeatedly violating internal policies”. The Seattle-based firm has been facing public scrutiny over safety …

Amazon shopping during the coronavirus pandemic: How to be a more ethical consumer
4 years, 8 months ago

Amazon shopping during the coronavirus pandemic: How to be a more ethical consumer

CNN  

CNN Business — Households across the country are facing a stark moral dilemma on a weekly, if not daily, basis: go out during the pandemic to shop for groceries and supplies but risk your own health, or order those same items online and risk the health of the people who pack and deliver them to you. “To date, we’ve made …

Coronavirus: Is Amazon still delivering in the UK during the pandemic?
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Is Amazon still delivering in the UK during the pandemic?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “To serve our customers while also helping to ensure the safety of our …

Amazon says it’s taking coronavirus seriously. Workers say the company is endangering their health
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon says it’s taking coronavirus seriously. Workers say the company is endangering their health

CNN  

CNN Business — Amid mounting criticism of its pandemic response, Amazon on Thursday said it is rapidly expanding temperature checks for its employees and that it has nearly completed its hiring spree of 100,000 additional workers at its distribution centers. The company previously told CNN Business that it is piloting the temperature checks in “in select sites in New York …

Coronavirus | Amazon, Instacart workers protest over safety
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Amazon, Instacart workers protest over safety

The Hindu  

Amazon warehouse employees and Instacart delivery shoppers joined protests Monday to press safety demands, highlighting the risks for workers on the front lines of supplying Americans largely sheltering at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile a group calling itself the Gig Workers Collective said it was maintaining its call for Instacart’s independent contractors to strike despite new safety measures …

Amazon Workers Plan Walkout After Staten Island Warehouse Reports COVID-19 Case
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon Workers Plan Walkout After Staten Island Warehouse Reports COVID-19 Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Dozens, if not hundreds, of Amazon employees at the e-commerce giant’s warehouse in New York City’s Staten Island plan to walk off the job on Monday — and have vowed to remain on strike until the company shuts down the facility and sanitizes it following the positive coronavirus diagnosis of at least one worker there last week. …

Amazon Workers Face High Risks and Few Options
55 years ago

Amazon Workers Face High Risks and Few Options

Wired  

Jana Jumpp has been working at an Amazon fulfillment center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, for over four years. “Amazon’s reaction to the coronavirus has left me shocked, scared, and disgusted,” Jumpp said on a call with reporters Wednesday. Jumpp says the company hasn’t provided enough supplies like hand sanitizer at her facility, and that its current leave policy won’t be enough …

Amazon Official Says Company Is Taking 'Every Precaution' After Workers Test Positive
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon Official Says Company Is Taking 'Every Precaution' After Workers Test Positive

NPR  

Amazon Official Says Company Is Taking 'Every Precaution' After Workers Test Positive As Americans stock up on — and often clear out — grocery staples and other household items, Amazon is taking on a growing role during the coronavirus outbreak. At the same time, Amazon is trying to keep its nearly 800,000 employees worldwide — the bulk of whom work …

Amazon warehouses are getting hit with coronavirus cases
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon warehouses are getting hit with coronavirus cases

CNN  

CNN Business — Amazon warehouses are facing a growing tide of coronavirus cases with at least 11facilities hit so far, according to Amazon and local media reports. One person who works in Amazon’s Staten Island, New York, fulfillment center tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the online retail giant told CNN Business late Tuesday. One worker at the Staten Island …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Amazon, Bill Gates join hands to deliver test kits as Covid-19 pandemic cases soar in the US
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Amazon, Bill Gates join hands to deliver test kits as Covid-19 pandemic cases soar in the US

Firstpost  

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the US hard with over 45,000 cases and over 500 deaths registered. Amazon is teaming up with a Bill Gates-funded research programme to pick up and deliver coronavirus test kits in Seattle amid the ongoing global pandemic. The e-commerce giant has said that a group of medical, public health and research organisations, collectively called The …

Workers In 8 Amazon Warehouses Test Positive For Coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Workers In 8 Amazon Warehouses Test Positive For Coronavirus

NPR  

Workers In 8 Amazon Warehouses Test Positive For Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Johannes Eiselle/AFP via Getty Images Johannes Eiselle/AFP via Getty Images Updated at 11:35 p.m. ET Workers in at least eight Amazon warehouses across the country have tested positive for the coronavirus, just as the e-commerce giant ramps up hiring to meet surging online sales. In recent …

Coronavirus: Amazon delivery delays on many products extend another month
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Amazon delivery delays on many products extend another month

Live Mint  

Amazon.com Inc.’s delivery delays of non-essential goods will extend for at least another month for many customers in the U.S. and Europe, stirring panic among online merchants who rely on the web retailer for business. Some Amazon merchants derive 90% or more of their sales on the platform because it dominates online shopping in the U.S. “Amazon is letting me …

IBM, Amazon, Google partner with US govt to provide resources for coronavirus research
4 years, 9 months ago

IBM, Amazon, Google partner with US govt to provide resources for coronavirus research

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON :US-based global tech giants, including IBM, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have partnered with the White House to "unleash the power of American supercomputing resources" for combating the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump has said. From volunteering to manufacturing masks and ventilators to ramping up production of essential medical supplies and general items, the country's private sector have joined America's …

Amazon warehouse workers fear catching coronavirus just to get you your packages
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon warehouse workers fear catching coronavirus just to get you your packages

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Amazon has become a lifeline for many people desperate to buy household essentials without stepping out of their homes amid the coronavirus outbreak, but some Amazon warehouse workers are plagued by anxiety that their jobs could put their lives, or the lives of their families, at risk. While Amazon has taken a number of steps …

Amazon To Hire 100,000 Workers To Meet 'Surge In Demand'
4 years, 9 months ago

Amazon To Hire 100,000 Workers To Meet 'Surge In Demand'

NPR  

Amazon To Hire 100,000 Workers To Meet 'Surge In Demand' Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Amazon says it plans to hire 100,000 new workers for warehouses and delivery service in the U.S. as more people turn to online shopping for supplies as they're isolated at home during the coronavirus outbreak. Those positions include both …

Home Coronavirus Test Kits May Soon Be Coming To Seattle
4 years, 9 months ago

Home Coronavirus Test Kits May Soon Be Coming To Seattle

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Seattle area, a center of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, may soon get at-home test kits, thanks to funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, according to a report. The new Seattle-area testing initiative will work with another local virus-monitoring program, the Seattle Flu Study, which sends flu testing kits to people in order to help …

Amazon asks staff in Seattle work to from home after employee contracts coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Amazon asks staff in Seattle work to from home after employee contracts coronavirus

CNN  

Atlanta CNN Business — Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are all encouraging employees in the Seattle area to work from home due to concerns about the novel coronavirus as the outbreak in Washington grows. “We are recommending that employees in Seattle Bellevue who are able to work from home do so through the end of the month,” an Amazon spokesperson …

Amazon withdraws from Mobile World Congress 2020 over coronavirus fears
4 years, 10 months ago

Amazon withdraws from Mobile World Congress 2020 over coronavirus fears

Firstpost  

Amazon is the fourth company to pull out, following LG Electronics, Ericsson and US chipmaker Nvidia. Amazon.com Inc has pulled out of this month’s Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak, in another blow to one of the telecom industry’s biggest gatherings which attracts over 100,000 visitors to Barcelona. “Due to the outbreak and continued concerns about the new …

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