Amazon in contact with coronavirus test makers for potential screenings on employees | Malay Mail

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NEW YORK, April 5 — Amazon.com Inc has been in contact with the CEOs of two coronavirus test makers as it considers how to screen its staff and reduce the risk of infection at its warehouses, according to internal meeting notes seen by Reuters. The chief executives of Abbott Laboratories and...

Sunday, 05 Apr 2020 07:34 AM MYT

The chief executives of Abbott Laboratories and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc have told Amazon they would like to work with the e-commerce company, though the US government is taking up all of their testing capacity at present, the notes said. In a statement yesterday, Abbott Laboratories confirmed it has been contacted by Amazon and other companies to provide testing for their workforces.

The notes reveal how the company is focused on coronavirus testing as important to its operation and to bolstering the US economy. They also show how Amazon remains in the early stages of determining how to start checks for the virus and tackle a shortage of tests. Abbott has US marketing approval for a diagnostic test that can give patients results in minutes, for use in physicians' offices and other community healthcare settings. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a Thermo Fisher test as well.

 

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