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'I feared for my safety': Amazon confirms coronavirus exposure at Washington, DC-area warehouse after worker speaks out

Employees at an Amazon warehouse outside Washington, DC, were told Thursday that a person infected with the novel coronavirus was inside the building on March 31, a source told Business Insider.

In a recorded phone call on April 2, the online retailer informed workers at its fulfillment center in Springfield, Virginia, just outside the nation's capital, that someone who had been in the building earlier in the week had subsequently been diagnosed with COVID-19. "I feared for my safety," the source told Business Insider, requesting anonymity. "So many people [were] not being good about complying with physical distancing."

Amazon has declined to reveal just how many facilities, in total, have reported positive test results among workers. However, there have been reports of COVID-19 cases at no less than 30 company facilities nationwide.

 

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