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Amazon Suspending Non-Essential Deliveries Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Multichannel Merchant

In addition, Amazon had its first report of five workers diagnosed with COVID-19 , in Spain and Italy. The Seattle Times reported that surges in demand for online deliveries appeared to threw Amazon’s grocery system into disarray over this past weekend, hampering its ability to deliver grocery orders from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

Crew changes on ships arriving from countries where there have been “severe” outbreaks of COVID-19, such as South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan, France, Spain, Germany, the US, and the United Kingdom, are forbidden at Chinese ports except under strict quarantine conditions. Italy, with more than 2,100 flights cancelled, has been hit the hardest.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Across twenty additional countries, Amazon’s other centers are predominantly focused on fulfillment and delivery stations while some countries, like Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Singapore, and Japan also have Prime delivery facilities. About half of these jobs are in the US, and half of them based out of their Seattle headquarters.