Another Las Vegas Amazon worker tests positive for coronavirus
Amazon on Tuesday confirmed another case of an employee testing positive for the coronavirus at the retail giant’s North Las Vegas warehouse.
The company is “supporting the individuals who are recovering,” Amazon spokeswoman Lisa Guinn said in a statement.
It’s unclear how many people have tested positive at the warehouse, which is located just north of the College of Southern Nevada’s North Las Vegas campus. The confirmation marks at least the fourth local Amazon worker to test positive across its three Las Vegas area warehouses.
Multiple Amazon warehouses in the Las Vegas Valley have recently reported employees testing positive for the coronavirus. Last week, a worker tested positive at its warehouse located on Nexus Way in North Las Vegas — one day after at least one employee at its facility near Las Vegas Motor Speedway was reported to have contracted the coronavirus.
The company expects to spend an estimated $4 billion between April and June on coronavirus-related initatives, Guinn said.
“This includes spending more than $800 million in the first half of the year on COVID-19 safety measures, with investments in personal protective equipment, enhanced cleaning of our facilities, less efficient process paths that better allow for effective social distancing, higher wages for hourly teams, and developing our own COVID-19 testing capabilities,” Guinn said in a statement.
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