An Amazon warehouse worker in California has died of the novel coronavirus, a spokesperson for the online retail giant told The Hill on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The worker, an operations manager at Amazon’s Hawthorne facility, died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, on March 31.<\/p>\n
“We are saddened by the passing of a member of our management team in Hawthorne, California,” said Kristen Kish, the Amazon spokesperson. “His family and loved ones are in our thoughts, and we are supporting his fellow colleagues.”<\/p>\n
It is unknown where the worker contracted COVID-19. He was last onsite on March 6 and was not exhibiting symptoms at the time, according to Amazon.<\/p>\n
He went on vacation March 7-20, but began to feel unwell when he returned to the U.S. and did not return to the Amazon warehouse where he worked.<\/p>\n
The Amazon spokesperson told The Hill that the company updated all site employees on March 31 when it became aware of his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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