Read the letter Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just sent to employees about the coronavirus: 'Things are going to get worse before they get better'
In the letter, Bezos notes that the company is hiring 100,00 workers and says Amazon is taking steps to protect essential personnel that can't work remotely.
He encourages those who have been laid off as a result of the pandemic to consider working for Amazon. The memo comes after an Amazon warehouse worker in Queens, New York, tested positive for the coronavirus last week.
The letter comes as businesses around the world, and in the US, grapple with closures to combat the spreading coronavirus, which has now killed 273 people
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