Amazon employee at Atwater Village warehouse tests positive for coronavirus

Amazon employee at Atwater Village warehouse tests positive for coronavirus

by City News Service

An Amazon employee at a warehouse in Atwater Village has tested positive for the coronavirus, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to City News Service on Wednesday.

The employee, who will be paid while they self-quarantine at home, works at an Amazon warehouse at 3334 N. San Fernando Road, Building E, and Amazon has asked the individual not to return to the site for 14 days.

Amazon is working to notify all associates who were in close contact with the employee at work. Those employees are also being asked to self-quarantine for 14 days without loss of pay.

It was not clear when the employee tested positive for COVID-19 or if they were working while showing symptoms.

“We are supporting the individual who is recovering,” Amazon’s Timothy Carter told City News Service. “We are following guidelines from health officials and medical experts, and are taking extreme measures to ensure the safety of employees at our site.”

At an Amazon distribution facility in Eastvale in Riverside County, two employees have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week.

In emails sent to the Southern California News Group, workers at the Eastvale facility and some of their family members alleged the retail giant is not providing workers adequate protection from COVID-19, is hiding information about the spread of the disease and downplaying the risk to workers.

Amazon, however, has said it’s following mandated health guidelines and taking “extreme measures to ensure its workers’ safety.”

A worker at an Amazon fulfillment center in Moreno Valley also tested positive last week.

The Los Angeles Daily News contributed to this story.

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