AMAZON WORKER DIES

An Amazon worker at a fulfillment facility in Staten Island has died of COVID-19, a spokesperson for the company confirmed Tuesday.

The online retail giant is currently in the process of notifying workers at the warehouse and has been in touch with the employee’s family.

The worker was last on site on April 5 and was diagnosed with the disease caused by the coronavirus on April 11.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of an associate at our site in Staten Island, NY,” Amazon spokesperson Kirsten Kish said in a statement to The Hill. “His family and loved ones are in our thoughts, and we are supporting his fellow colleagues.”

The Verge first reported on the death.

This is the third known death of an Amazon worker from COVID-19. A worker at a Hawthorne, California, facility died on March 31, and another from a Tracy, California, warehouse died April 1.

Workers at the Staten Island facility, known as JFK8, were some of the first to protest Amazon’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Several of the facilities workers walked out in late March after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.