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Amazon asks workers staying at home to return or seek leave

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc is asking warehouse employees who have stayed away from work during the pandemic to return for scheduled shifts beginning from May 1, or request a leave of absence. The move sets up a critical choice for employees at a company that has become a lifeline for Americans locked down to contain outbreaks of Covid-19. After the coronavirus ...

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Heathrow seeks UK nod to screen people

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport has asked the British government to consider allowing it to screen people for the coronavirus to help allay passenger fears once flights resume. Heathrow Chief Executive Officer John Holland-Kaye wrote to Health Secretary Matt Hancock saying a more stringent regime may be required at airports. Such measures could include temperature tests that the UK has ruled ...

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Mohamed, WFP chief review global fight against Covid-19

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, discussed with David Beasley, Executive Director of UN World Food Programme, ways of accelerating coordination in getting assistance to those affected by Covid-19 pandemic. This came over a phone call His Highness Sheikh Mohamed ...

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