The
Amazon warehouse in Robbinsville is closed after employees there tested positive
for COVID-19.
According
to a spokesperson for the company, the in-house testing program discovered “an increase in asymptomatic
cases.”
“Through
our in-house COVID-19 testing program, we detected an increase in the number of
asymptomatic positive cases at our PNE5 facility in northern New Jersey and
have proactively closed the site until Dec. 26 out of an abundance of
caution," says Amazon spokesperson Leah Seay. "This is exactly why we built the program—to identify asymptomatic
cases and ensure that we can take swift action to prevent spread. All employees
will be paid for the shifts that they’ll miss.”