Canadian health officials shut Amazon warehouse after mass COVID-19 outbreak
Public health authorities ordered an Amazon fulfilment centre in Brampton, Ontario, to shut down for 14 days Friday, following a massive COVID-19 outbreak that has infected 240 workers in recent weeks. At least 10 cases at the facility, located in the Greater Toronto Area that has 6.2 million residents, have been linked to the new variants of the virus that are more contagious and lethal.
Demonstrating its utter contempt for the lives and safety of its employees, the company released a statement shortly after its doors were shuttered announcing it would appeal the shutdown order. Amazon spokesman Dave Bauer rejected the notion that “the data supports this closure,” citing recent test positivity rates of “less than one percent.”