Amazon is ramping up its plans to test its fulfillment center workers for coronavirus.
Some of the key Amazon employees participating on calls with external partners about the project include Douglas Wiebel, a scientist and engineer who has been at the company for almost six years; Vin Gupta, a pulmonologist recruited to Amazon Care; Matt Wood, a general manager of artificial intelligence at Amazon AWS; and Taha Kass Hout, a former government health official also working for AWS.
Amazon has not disclosed its plans publicly, but has consulted with academic centers and other groups about the scope of the project.The Amazon workers who test positive or experience symptoms are referred to a company called Grand Rounds, a venture-backed start-up that provides online medical consultations. During those consultations, a medical professional walks the worker through the risks and tells them to stay home or seek followup care.
The Grand Rounds service is primarily marketed to fulfillment center workers through their intranet, dubbed AtoZ. Employees can access an online portal, download the Grand Rounds app or call a 1-800 number to access Covid-19 resources and check their symptoms if they feel they may have been exposed to the virus. CNBC called the 1-800 number provided to employees and a recorded message said it was the "Amazon employee line of Grand Rounds.
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