Amazon is forcing warehouse workers to wear medical masks again

Yesterday Friday, the American company “Amazon” asked its employees inside its stores in America to wear medical masks again during their work, in response to the spread of the mutated “Delta” of the emerging “Corona” virus. and the most contagious. .

The company said it gives access to vaccines to more than half a million of its employees, but it will force employees to wear a mandatory mask, regardless of their vaccination status, according to the US network CNBC.

“In response to the alarming spread of new (Covid-19) variants in America and the advice of public health authorities and our medical experts, we are requesting face coverings indoors while working, regardless of status vaccine, ”she said in a statement.

“We are closely monitoring the situation and will continue to follow local government guidance and work closely with key healthcare professionals, collecting their advice and recommendations as we move forward to ensure our buildings are improved for the safety of our teams. “

It should be noted that Amazon recently decided to postpone the return of its employees to America until January 2022, when they were due to return on August 5.

And “Amazon” announced last October that 19,816 out of a million workers and 372,000 of its frontline workers were infected with (Covid-19), during the period from March 1 to September 19, 2020.