Amazon confirms first coronavirus case among U.S. employees

[March 04, 2020]    (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> said on Tuesday an employee in the United States tested positive for the coronavirus.

The logo of Amazon is seen on the door of an Amazon Books retail store in New York City, U.S., February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

"We're supporting the affected employee who is in quarantine," a company spokeswoman said in an email to Reuters.

The spokeswoman confirmed a report by Bloomberg News that all co-workers in contact with the employee, who worked at Amazon's South Lake Union office complex in Seattle, had been informed.

The company said on Sunday two employees in Milan, Italy, had been infected with the virus and were under quarantine.

(Reporting by Rama Venkat and Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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