AMAZON POSTPONES EMPLOYEE RETURN TO OFFICE UNTIL JANUARY 2022

Thu 05 August 2021:

Due to the outbreak of the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus, Amazon Human Resources chief Beth Galetti wrote in an email to staff on Thursday that the deadline for employees to return to their offices has been postponed until January 22.

“As we continue to closely watch conditions related to COVID-19, we are adjusting our guidance for corporate employees in the US and other countries where we had previously anticipated our employees would begin coming in regularly the week of Sept. 7,” Galetti said. “We are now extending this date to Jan. 3, 2022.”

Delta has upended the U.S. response to the pandemic, as it has proven capable of infecting even people who are vaccinated.

White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, in an interview with McClatchy, said the U.S. could be “in trouble” if a new variant overtakes delta, which already has a viral load 1,000 times higher than the original Covid strain.

The U.S. is reporting a seven-day average of nearly 94,000 new cases as of Aug. 4, up 48% from one week ago, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In a separate measure from the average, the U.S. actually topped 100,000 daily new cases on Monday and Tuesday.

Delta variant accounts for more than 93 percent of all new cases in the United States, according to data published by the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

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