Amazon fires employee who accused company of making them work in unsafe conditions

Amazon has fired an employee for allegedly taking part in a protest despite being vised to self-isolate after coming in contact with ar employee who tested positive for coronavirus. According to reports, Christian Smalls, an Amazon employee joined an estimated 50 to 60 workers in a protest to demand Staten Island facility of company be shut down and cleaned after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Staten Island is in New York state, which is one of most affected regions in United States with over 59,000 positive COVID-19 cases. 

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Amazon reportedly said that Smalls participated in demonstration despite company's request that he self-isolate after he came in contact with COVID-19 positive employee. Amazon also commented on Twitter post me by Smalls accusing company of making positive coronavirus cases work in its warehouses. Amazon said Smalls me misleing statements about conditions at its warehouses and that he was supposed to be in quarantine. 

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United States is under a partial lockdown which means businesses can operate as usual and especially a business like an online delivery platform Amazon, which is supposed to provide people with essential items amid crisis. United States has recorded most number of infections anywhere in world with over 1,64,400 cases so far. According to data, more than 3,100 people have lost ir lives in country. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 38,700 lives across world and has infected more than 7,99,700 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last week before Italy and Spain surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. United States and France are on verge of overtaking China in terms of number of deaths recorded in se countries. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.

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