COVID-19 Cases Reportedly Up In Amazon Warehouses Amid Relaxed Mask Protocols

Workers fear the more contagious delta variant just as safety policies are being eased.

Cases of COVID-19 are up in Amazon warehouses in a number of states just as the company is relaxing its mask policies and is about to shut down on-site testing sites, NBC News reported Friday. Cases are rising in Dallas, Baltimore, St. Louis and Las Vegas, according to NBC. “There was a dry spell for a couple months,” said one worker, referring to the automated emails she had received from Amazon that reveal new COVID-19 cases at work. “But it’s picking back up.” NBC has reviewed several emails revealing an uptick in cases.