Amazon confirms COVID-19 death of worker from a warehouse where employees complained social distancing was not enforced

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• Amazon on Thursday said an employee at its Jeffersonville, Indiana, distribution center has died from COVID-19.
• The company previously said it was investigating the warehouse after Business Insider obtained a photo that appeared to show that social-distancing measures were not being followed.
• At least seven Amazon employees are now confirmed to have died from the coronavirus.
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A worker at an Amazon warehouse in Indiana has died from COVID-19 after several employees there told Business Insider that the company was failing to enforce social-distancing measures.

After one worker provided a photo on April 1, showing managers huddled around a small table, Amazon said it would investigate the situation there. Days later, the facility reported its first confirmed case of an employee infected with the coronavirus.

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