据报道，亚马逊高管已经联系了生产COVID-19测试的公司负责人，询问是否有可能对其员工进行新型病毒筛查。

这一举措出台之际，这家购物巨头正在努力确保其美国仓库能够继续运营，但这一举措似乎并没有取得进展，因为两家公司——雅培实验室(Abbott Laboratories)和赛默飞舍科技(Thermo Fisher Scientific)——的首席执行官们表示，他们没有能力承担这项工作。

根据一次内部会议的记录，首席执行官们说，测试人员的工作量主要由美国政府的要求决定路透社获得。

据新闻通讯社报道，亚马逊现在正在寻找一种方法，一次对多名员工进行病毒筛查，这种病毒已经在至少19家公司被发现。

上个月，雅培实验室的测试声称在短短五分钟内就能检测到病毒的公司获得了美国食品和药物管理局(FDA)的紧急使用授权。唐纳德·特朗普总统在新闻发布会上称赞这是一场“全新的球赛”

但是凯泽健康新闻获得的一份文件显示，州和公共卫生实验室只能检测5500人，尽管雅培表示还在进行更多的检测。

亚马逊全球运营高级副总裁戴夫·克拉克(Dave Clark)周四在博客中写道，美国的物流中心正在进行温度检测。

“我们现在每天对10万多名员工进行体温检测，”他指出。“在我们整个美国和欧洲业务中全面推行温度检测...预计下周初，届时我们将每天测试数十万人。”

这位高管表示，该公司最近订购的数百万口罩已经开始到货，并将“尽快”分发给员工。

在健康危机期间保持运营的努力引发了一些员工的批评，亚马逊在本周早些时候面临争议，因为该公司解雇了一名员工，这名员工出于对员工安全的担忧，在斯塔登岛的一个配送中心组织了一次罢工。

雅培发言人告诉记者新闻周刊通过电子邮件:“亚马逊和其他公司联系我们，为他们的员工提供测试。

“我们知道几个行业的工作人员的安全很重要，但是正如我们所说的，现在我们已经把爆发热点的医疗保健一线工作人员放在优先位置，并与白宫工作队、食品和药物管理局、联邦应急管理局和疾病预防控制中心以及各州当局合作，确保他们到达这些地区。到昨天为止，我们已经向21个州的客户发送了191，000份快速检测报告。”

路透社表示，内部票据来自同一批，包括对抗议员工的批评，克里斯·斯莫斯，由总法律顾问大卫·扎波尔斯基执笔，第一次由Vice获得。

扎波尔斯基写道:“他既不聪明，也不善于表达，在某种程度上，媒体想把焦点集中在我们和他的对比上，我们将处于一个更强有力的公关位置，而不是简单地无数次解释我们是如何努力保护工人的。”这引发了广泛而直接的批评。

亚马逊告诉我们新闻周刊斯莫斯在与一名新呼吸道疾病检测呈阳性的同事接触后，因无视社交距离的警告而被解雇。

“尽管有在家带薪的指示，他还是在今天，3月30日来到了现场，进一步将团队置于危险之中。这是不可接受的，我们已经终止了他的雇佣关系。

但是在一个对...的声明新闻周刊斯莫斯拒绝了公司的回应，他说:“有成千上万的工人害怕等待亚马逊的真正计划，这样他们的设施就不会成为危机的震中。每天都有越来越多的阳性病例出现。”

“然而，亚马逊似乎对管理自己的形象更感兴趣，而不是保护工人和他们工作的社区，”他补充道。纽约司法部长莱蒂蒂亚·詹姆斯和纽约众议员亚历山大·奥西奥·科尔特斯抨击了他的终止。

在会议记录泄露后，扎波尔斯基说他感到沮丧和不安，并补充道，“我让自己的情绪起草了我的话，并占了上风。”

在周四的另一篇博客文章中，克拉克承认亚马逊的一些员工表达了“抗议”，但没有明确提到斯莫尔的突然解雇。

他写道:“这些事件发生在很少的几个站点，代表了数十万员工中的几百人。”。

“我们想非常清楚地表明，我们尊重这些员工抗议的权利，并承认他们这样做的合法权利。与此同时，这些权利并没有提供针对不良行为的全面豁免，尤其是那些危及同事健康和潜在生命的不良行为。”

这篇文章已经被雅培实验室的评论更新。

世界卫生组织关于避免冠状病毒疾病传播的建议(COVID-19)

卫生建议

• 经常用肥皂和水洗手，或者用酒精洗手。

• 咳嗽或打喷嚏后洗手；照顾病人时；食物准备之前、期间和之后；吃饭前；使用厕所后；当手明显变脏时；处理动物或废物后。

• 与任何咳嗽或打喷嚏的人保持至少1米(3英尺)的距离。

• 避免触摸你的手、鼻子和嘴。不要在公共场合吐痰。

• 咳嗽或打喷嚏时，用纸巾或弯肘捂住口鼻。立即丢弃纸巾并清洁双手。

医疗建议

• 如果你有任何症状，避免与其他人密切接触。

• 如果你感觉不舒服，即使有轻微的症状，如头痛和流鼻涕，也要呆在家里，以避免疾病扩散到医疗机构和其他人。

• 如果您出现严重症状(发烧、咳嗽、呼吸困难)，请尽早就医，并提前联系当地卫生部门。

• 记录最近与他人的任何联系和旅行细节，以提供给能够追踪和预防疾病传播的当局。

• 了解卫生当局发布的COVID-19最新进展，并遵循他们的指导。

面具和手套的使用

• 如果照顾病人，健康的人只需要戴口罩。

• 如果你咳嗽或打喷嚏，请戴上口罩。

• 当与频繁的手部清洁结合使用时，口罩是有效的。

• 戴口罩时不要触摸。如果你触摸面具，请洗手。

• 学习如何正确戴上、取下和处理口罩。

• 扔掉口罩后，请洗手。

• 不要重复使用一次性口罩。

• 经常洗手比戴橡胶手套更能有效防止感染COVID-19。

• COVID-19仍然可以在手套上被捡起来，通过触摸你的脸来传播

AMAZON TRIED TO WORK WITH CORONAVIRUS TEST-MAKERS TO SCREEN EMPLOYEES BUT THEY WERE TOO BUSY WITH GOVERNMENT ORDERS

Amazon executives have reportedly contacted the heads of companies producing COVID-19 tests about the possibility of screening its employees for the novel virus.

The move, which comes as the shopping giant is scrambling to ensure its U.S. warehouses can remain operational, does not appear to be moving forward as CEOs from the firms, Abbott Laboratories and Thermo Fisher Scientific, said they do not have the capacity for such a job.

The test-makers' workload is being dominated by the demands of the U.S. government, the CEOs said, according to notes from an internal meeting obtained by Reuters.

The newswire reported that Amazon is now seeking a way to screen multiple employees at once for the virus, which has been found in at least 19 of its facilities.

Last month, a test from Abbott Laboratories that claimed to detect the virus in as little as five minutes was granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It was praised by president Donald Trump in a press briefing as a "whole new ballgame."

But a document obtained by Kaiser Health News indicated state and public health laboratories would only be getting enough to test 5,500 people, although Abbott said more were being made.

Dave Clark, senior vice president of worldwide operations at Amazon, wrote in a blog post on Thursday that temperature checks were being conducted in U.S. fulfillment centers.

"We are now temperature checking more than 100,000 employees per day," he noted. "The complete rollout of temperature checks across our entire U.S. and European operations... is expected by early next week, at which point we will be testing hundreds of thousands of people daily."

The executive said millions of face masks that were recently ordered by the company were starting to arrive and they would be distributed to employees "as quickly as possible."

The efforts to remain operational during the health crisis have sparked criticism from some staffers, and Amazon faced controversy earlier this week after firing an employee who had organized a walkout at a Staten Island-based distribution center amid concerns about staff members' safety.

An Abbott spokesperson told Newsweek via email: "We have been contacted by Amazon and other companies to provide testing for their workforces.

"We know it's important for several industries for their workforces to be safe, but as we've said, right now we've prioritized the health care frontline workforce in outbreak hotspots and have been working with the White House Task Force, FDA, FEMA and CDC and state authorities to ensure they get to those areas. Through yesterday we've shipped 191,000 rapid tests to customers in 21 states."

Reuters indicated the internal notes were from the same batch including criticism of the protesting staffer, Chris Smalls, penned by General Counsel David Zapolsky and first obtained by Vice.

"He's not smart, or articulate, and to the extent the press wants to focus on us versus him, we will be in a much stronger PR position than simply explaining for the umpteenth time how we're trying to protect workers," Zapolsky wrote, fueling a widespread and immediate barrage of criticism.

Amazon told Newsweek Smalls had been fired for ignoring warnings about social distancing after coming into contact with a colleague who tested positive for the new respiratory illness.

"Despite that instruction to stay home with pay, he came onsite today, March 30, further putting the teams at risk. This is unacceptable and we have terminated his employment," it added.

But in a statement to Newsweek, Smalls rejected the response from the company, saying: "There are thousands of scared workers waiting for a real plan from Amazon so that its facilities do not become epicenters of the crisis. More and more positive cases are turning up every day."

"Instead of protecting workers and the communities in which they work, however, Amazon seems to be more interested in managing its image," he added. His termination was blasted by New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Following the leak of his notes about the meeting, Zapolsky said he had been frustrated and upset, and added, "I let my emotions draft my words and get the better of me."

In a separate blog post on Thursday, Clark acknowledged there have been "expressions of protest" from some Amazon employees, but did not explicitly reference Smalls' sudden firing.

"These incidents have occurred at a very small number of sites and represent a few hundred employees out of hundreds of thousands," he wrote.

"We want to be very clear that we respect the rights of these employees to protest and recognize their legal right to do so. At the same time, these rights do not provide a blanket immunity against bad actions, particularly those that endanger the health, and potentially the lives, of colleagues."

This article has been updated with comment from Abbott Laboratories.

World Health Organization advice for avoiding spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Hygiene advice

• Clean hands frequently with soap and water, or alcohol-based hand rub.

• Wash hands after coughing or sneezing; when caring for the sick; before, during and after food preparation; before eating; after using the toilet; when hands are visibly dirty; and after handling animals or waste.

• Maintain at least 1 meter (3 feet) distance from anyone who is coughing or sneezing.

• Avoid touching your hands, nose and mouth. Do not spit in public.

• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or bent elbow when coughing or sneezing. Discard the tissue immediately and clean your hands.

Medical advice

• Avoid close contact with others if you have any symptoms.

• Stay at home if you feel unwell, even with mild symptoms such as headache and runny nose, to avoid potential spread of the disease to medical facilities and other people.

• If you develop serious symptoms (fever, cough, difficulty breathing) seek medical care early and contact local health authorities in advance.

• Note any recent contact with others and travel details to provide to authorities who can trace and prevent spread of the disease.

• Stay up to date on COVID-19 developments issued by health authorities and follow their guidance.

Mask and glove usage

• Healthy individuals only need to wear a mask if taking care of a sick person.

• Wear a mask if you are coughing or sneezing.

• Masks are effective when used in combination with frequent hand cleaning.

• Do not touch the mask while wearing it. Clean hands if you touch the mask.

• Learn how to properly put on, remove and dispose of masks.

• Clean hands after disposing of the mask.

• Do not reuse single-use masks.

• Regularly washing bare hands is more effective against catching COVID-19 than wearing rubber gloves.

• COVID-19 can still be picked up on gloves and transmitted by touching your face.

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