Amazon denies outbreaks at German warehouses
27 May 2020 |
3:04 pm
Two virus outbreaks have now been traced to Amazon warehouses in Germany. The company says it has introduced over one hundred new safety measures, which a major workers’ union says is still too little, too late.
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