Exclusive: Amazon confirms first known coronavirus case in an American warehouse
The outbreak at a facility in Queens, New York, creates an uneasy tension for the shipping giant: between delivering packages on time and balancing worker safety.
The outbreak at a facility in Queens, New York, creates an uneasy tension for the shipping giant: between delivering packages on time and balancing worker safety.
In this story published March 18, 2020, in The Atlantic:
Dale Rogers, a professor of supply-chain management at Arizona State University, said that although Amazon could mitigate some warehouse-employee absences through automation, if Amazon logistics employees, who drive the packages from the distribution centers to homes, start getting sick en masse, that "could be catastrophic."
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