Corona outbreak at Amazon in Bayreuth: Around a quarter of the employees in one of the company's distribution centers were infected.
The cause is still unclear.
The corona numbers in Bavaria are increasing.
Around a quarter of the employees
in an
Amazon
distribution center in
Bayreuth were
infected.
Here you can find the Corona-News from Bavaria.
We also offer you the current case numbers in the Free State in a map.
Bayreuth - In an
Amazon distribution center in Bayreuth
, 61 employees were infected with the corona virus *.
That is around a quarter of the workforce.
This is reported by the
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
.
The company and the responsible district office confirmed the infections on
BR
demand.
How this came about is currently unclear.
Amazon refers to 150 measures to
protect against infection.
Corona outbreak at Amazon in Bayreuth: a quarter of employees infected
The distribution center only started operations in October of this year.
According to the company, around
250 people are
employed
there
in the run-up to
Christmas
.
In the rest of the year around 100. As an Amazon spokeswoman
told
the
BR
, operations will continue despite the high number of Corona * infections.
From the
district office
it is said that not all of those infected with the corona virus * are employed by the mail order company.
Amazon has also confirmed that the infected are both its own employees and employees of partner companies.
According to the
BR,
the contact persons
are currently being
determined.
How many people have to be in quarantine is still unclear.
An inspection of the distribution center by the health department took place on Tuesday.
According to the report, "minor improvements" to the
hygiene concept were
suggested, but no major deficiencies were found.
In a #distribution center of #Amazon in #Bayreuth, 61 employees and thus around a quarter of all #employees have been infected with the #corona virus.
How this came about is still unclear.
Amazon refers to 150 measures to protect against infection.https: //t.co/H47JwmxmmO
- BR24 (@ BR24) December 16, 2020
Bayreuth (Bavaria): Corona outbreak at Amazon - cause still unclear
"The local health authorities in Germany confirm to us that we
have set up
effective
protective measures
for our team
," said an Amazon spokeswoman for the
BR
.
Since December 12th, daily free Corona * tests have been offered at all locations.
In consultation with the health authorities, 150 measures were taken to ensure protection against infection.
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"In Germany alone we have ordered more than 470 million units of disinfectant for the hands, 21 million pairs of gloves, 19 million masks, face shields or other
mouth-nose protection
and 39 million packs of disinfecting wipes," the spokeswoman for Amazon continued.
How it came to the high number of infections at Amazon is still unclear.
District office and companies do
not want to comment
on this at the moment, according to
BR
.
(came) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
From Wednesday, Bavaria will be back in the tough corona lockdown.
Here you can find out which rules then apply, which shops remain open and what is allowed at Christmas and New Year's Eve.
