Amazon confirms Seattle employee is in quarantine with coronavirus

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

An Amazon employee in Seattle has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, as first reported by The New York Times. “We’re supporting the affected employee who is in quarantine,” the company tells The Verge in a statement.

The employee is based out of the company’s “Brazil” (SEA53) building, according to an internal memo sent out to Amazon employees and obtained by The Verge. They went home feeling unwell on Tuesday, February 25th and haven’t returned to Amazon premises since. Amazon has notified employees who have been in close contact with the person.

Earlier this week Amazon confirmed that two of its employees in Italy had contracted the virus and were in quarantine. The company had...

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