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Frightening cellphone ‘heat map’ shows coronavirus’ potential spread as spring break revelers went home

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Heat maps that show cellphone location data in the U.S. paint a disturbing picture of the potential spread of coronavirus as the country grapples with lockdown meaures and tries to stem the virus’ tide.

Tectonix, geospatial data visualization platform, working in partnership with location company X-Mode Social, created an alarming map that shows the impact of ignoring social distancing restrictions.

Focusing on just one group of spring break revelers on part of one beach in mid-March when they left Fort Lauderdale, Fla., it quickly becomes obvious that the thousands of people who were at the beach ended up all over the country — in the Midwest, the Northeast and other parts of the South.

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Unfortunately, similar scenarios likely played out across Florida beaches earlier this month, and may soon be happening in New Orleans thanks to ongoing Mardi Gras celebrations.

Although Florida does not have as many confirmed cases as other hard-hit areas of the United States like New York, it still had 2,900 as of Friday afternoon.

In other countries, such as South Korea and Singapore, a combination of location tracking, video surveillance and credit card data have been used to determine the whereabouts of people who test positive for COVID-19 — as a way to reduce the disease’s spread.

“The COVID-19 outbreak has been highly unpredictable so far, and in many ways it has only just begun. The only certainty right now is that there will be a lot of difficult times ahead,” wrote Joseph Green on X-Mode’s blog.

“X-Mode and Tectonix will continue to provide what insights we can from our real-world data and analytics. We hope others will do what they can to shine a light on the truth and keep the world safe,” he added.

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With coronavirus pandemic affecting its operations, Facebook teaches users how to spot fake news

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The coronavirus pandemic has hampered companies around the world, and Facebook is no exception. The tech giant, which had relied on human moderators and artificial intelligence to remove fake news, is giving its more than 2 billion users around the world tips on what to look for.

“We are committed to reducing the spread of false news on Facebook,” Facebook wrote in a blog post. “We remove fake accounts and disrupt economic incentives for people that share misinformation.”

The Mark Zuckerberg-led company said that it also uses feedback from the community, as well as independent third-party fact-checkers, to rank pages or domains lower if they share misinformation, going so far as to potentially “remove their advertising rights.”

(Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Here are the tips Facebook has provided on how to spot fake news and limit its spread.

Be skeptical of headlines. Facebook said these stories “often have catchy headlines in all caps with exclamation points,” adding that if a headline is too good to be true, it probably is.

Look closely at the link. Double-check to make sure the link is from a reputable news website. Many phony sources have small changes in their links, often changing one small part in an attempt to trick people.

Investigate the source. If you’re not sure about the source, check its “About” section to make sure it’s reputable.

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company issued several other guidelines, including watching for “unusual formatting,” such as misspellings or layouts; manipulating images or videos, checking dates of the events; the author’s sources; checking other news outlets to see if the news has been reported elsewhere; differentiating satire and news; and stories that are “intentionally false.”

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Facebook has also started several other initiatives to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, it announced it would launch a $100 million program consisting of cash grants and ad credits in an effort to help small businesses.

It is also giving every one of its nearly 45,000 employees a $1,000 bonus to assist them during the ongoing pandemic.

As of Friday morning, there have been more than 542,000 reported cases of COVID-19, including at least 85,000 in the U.S., which has surpassed Italy and China to become the most affected country in the world.

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Fox News’ Christopher Carbone contributed to this story.

Hackers could exploit the shift to working from home, experts say

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The enforcement of mandatory work-from-home policies has opened new doors for hackers, according to experts.

As many American companies tell their employees to stay at home in an attempt to fight the coronavirus pandemic, home workers could become the weak link in the chain for computer security.

“With the U.S. workforce shifting towards telework… the attack surface [for hackers] has grown, and attackers are champing at the bit as a result,” Satnam Narang, principal research engineer at cybersecurity firm Tenable, told Fox News.

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Newly remote employees should be ready for a jump in fraudulent emails about COVID-19, Narang said, adding the links in these emails could exploit flaws in popular software like Adobe Flash and browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge.

Cybercriminals have also weaponized widely used software like the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Map, turning it “into a piece of malicious software,” Narang added.

Another challenge is the potential holes in home networks, according to Chris Rothe, chief product officer and co-founder of Red Canary.

“There are two high-level security challenges brought about by remote work,” Rothe told Fox News. “The first is that as a security team you lose control of the environment in which the user is working. Have they secured their home Wi-Fi?” The second is access to IT resources they need to do their job… Essentially, your [company’s] network perimeter now includes all of your employee’s homes or the coffee shops they are working at. Some security programs are ready for this, some aren’t.”

And all of those smart home devices present a golden opportunity for hackers, Curtis Simpson, chief information security officer at computer security firm Armis, told Fox News. “Home smart devices, many of which are built without security in mind, are a major point of vulnerability for remote workers,” Simpson explained.

The list of home smart products includes connected light bulbs, refrigerators, Peloton bikes and even Roombas, Simpson added.

The mix of work and personal is another weak spot, Colin Bastable, CEO of security awareness training company Lucy Security, told Fox News.

“People working from home get easily distracted, especially if they are normally used to working in the office, and they will mix work with personal email and web browsing. This increases the risk [of]…clicking on malware links,” Bastable said.

Armis’ Simpson offers some tips to make working from home more secure:

Ensure that multifactor authentication requirements are being enforced for privileged users accessing the most sensitive and critical of Internet facing services. Multifactor authentication is a security measure where a user gets access to a device only after providing two or more pieces of ID data (factors). So, for example, instead of just providing a password, a user is asked to provide a temporary passcode too.
Tell workers how to check common modem and router settings to confirm optimum security settings; recommend updating home Wi-Fi passwords.
Be ready for an increase in emails claiming to be from senior staff and requesting illegitimate bank transfers, gift card purchases.

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As of Friday morning, there had been more than 542,000 reported cases of COVID-19, including at least 85,000 in the U.S., having surpassed Italy and China to become the most affected country in the world.

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Jeff Bezos says Amazon working with WHO in battle against coronavirus pandemic

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the e-commerce giant is working directly with the World Health Organization (WHO) in a number of different capacities as the world attempts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Bezos, who recently wrote a letter to his employees thanking them for their hard work, while noting he is “wholly focused” on the pandemic, said the tech behemoth is providing web support for the organization, helping map the pandemic and “providing logistics support.”

“Our current work with WHO includes: increasing capacity and security for the WHO website; providing ML [Machine Learning] & AI [Artifical Intelligence] for WHO’s Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources initiative; assisting with the translation and transcription of WHO’s knowledge catalogue; providing logistics support,” Bezos wrote on Instagram, noting he recently had a video call with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

“We also discussed the urgent need for collective action to produce and distribute plentiful COVID-19 test kits,” Bezos added. “A surplus of fast, effective, easy-to-access test kits would flatten the curve and protect people around the world. I told Dr. Tedros we will continue to help WHO in every way we can in the coming weeks and months.”

Fox News has reached out to Amazon with a request for comment for this story.

In Bezos’ letter to his employees, he thanked them for their efforts but also acknowledged the crisis is likely to get worse before it gets better.

“I’m not alone in being grateful for the work you are doing,” Bezos wrote in the letter, posted to the company’s blog. “I’ve received hundreds of emails from customers and seen posts on social media thanking you all. Your efforts are being noticed at the highest levels of government, and President Trump earlier this week thanked this team profusely.”

He continued: “Across the world, people are feeling the economic effects of this crisis, and I’m sad to tell you I predict things are going to get worse before they get better. We’re hiring for 100,000 new roles and raising wages for our hourly workers who are fulfilling orders and delivering to customers during this period of stress and turmoil. At the same time, other businesses like restaurants and bars are being forced to shut their doors. We hope people who’ve been laid off will come work with us until they’re able to go back to the jobs they had.”

Earlier this month, Amazon said its Fullfillment by Amazon (FBA) program would partially suspend shipments through April 5 to allow for the tech giant to prioritize products needed for the coronavirus pandemic shaking the globe.

The company also recently announced it would hire an additional 100,000 workers and raise their hourly pay to help with the recent surge in demand due to the pandemic.

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Amazon has recently come under scrutiny from politicians who are concerned the company is not doing enough to protect its warehouse workers during the pandemic.

Earlier this month, a group of four U.S. senators, including Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker, D-N.J., wrote a letter to Bezos expressing their concern about the health and safety of Amazon warehouses’ workers.

On Wednesday, a worker at the Amazon fulfillment center in Moreno Valley, Calif., tested positive for COVID-19, marking the 10th warehouse to be impacted by the virus, Fox News previously reported.

As of Friday morning, there have been more than 542,000 reported cases of COVID-19, including at least 85,000 in the U.S., having surpassed Italy and China to become the most affected country in the world.

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Italian engineers help coronavirus patients by harnessing snorkel masks for CPAP machines

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After news spread that the Italian innovation firm Isinnova successfully saved lives by 3D printing ventilator valves for its local hospital, CEO Cristian Fracassi and engineer Alessandro Romaioli fielded all sorts of calls from around the world.

Many 3D-printing companies wanted to join in and help. Several countries wanted to use similar technology for their populations. But, one call started a whole new project for Isinnova’s staff in Brescia, in northern Italy.

Alessandro Romiaoli wearing the modified snorkel mask.
(Isinnova)

Renato Favero, a retired physician, got in touch with Fracassi and Romaioli by contacting a doctor at the Chiari hospital where the ventilator valves were used.

Dr. Favero explained that he was aware of the shortage of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure masks, also known as CPAP, for sub-intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s website, CPAP “is a treatment that uses mild air pressure to keep your breathing airways open” and “involves using a CPAP machine that includes a mask or other device that fits over your nose or your nose and mouth, straps to position the mask, a tube that connects the mask to the machine’s motor, and a motor that blows air into the tube.”

Testing the CPAP mask.
(Isinnova)

Speaking with Fox News, Romaioli said that Favero proposed an idea: making an “emergency ventilator mask” by modifying a snorkeling mask that was available to the public. The teams contacted Decathlon, the French sporting goods retailer, about the Easy Breath Surface Snorkeling Mask. Isinnova said that Decathlon immediately provided the 3D computer-aided design for the mask, so the engineers could easily evaluate what modification could be made.

Unlike the full ventilators, that breathe both in and out for a patient, Romaioli explained that these CPAP machines regulate the pressure and level of oxygen that go into the lungs.

From start to finish, the project took only three days, Romaioli said, after analyzing, measuring, 3D printing and testing various options. “We had to do it very quickly because it was a matter of saving lives. We didn’t do it as a usual project, where we would have had time to check it three, four times,” he said. “We just had to do it as quick as we could.”

Isinnova CEO Cristian Fracassi holding the innovative CPAP mask.
(Isinnova)

The first test was on Romaioli himself. He put the mask on, so that they could determine if the alterations to the snorkel mask had worked.

“I was healthy, so it wasn’t a real test, but before putting on a sick patient, they had to test it on someone else who wasn’t at risk,” Romaioli shared. After that initial test went well, they took the prototypes to the same Chiari hospital where they provided 100 3D-printed ventilator valves. Doctors tested the re-worked mask on multiple patients, to be sure that it could be useful.

They printed about 50 of the pieces needed to alter the mask into a CPAP machine, but Isinnoa pointed out that many other 3D-printing companies joined the fight, and all told about 1,000 new machines were created.

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Isinnova has updated its website with a full page of information in English and Italian, including 3D designs and guidance on creating and using these snorkel masks turned breathing devices.

A 3D-printed piece for the modification of the mask.
(Isinnova)

The company has heard from volunteers and doctors in Canada, Brazil and South Korea about how this redesign has started to save lives.

“The feedback has all been positive, not because it’s the biggest therapy in the world, but because they can apply some therapy to people that they haven’t been able to help before,” Romaioli said. “All hospitals are going to run out of breathing masks, biomedical or certified, but these homemade masks can treat some patients that they couldn’t before.”

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He added, “We feel proud, because as before, we feel that we did something good.”

And as for the hard-hit town in northern Italy that has suffered so much under the coronavirus pandemic, Romaioli said, “We’re starting to hope.”

Navy ships seek to stop missile, drone and surface attacks — all at once

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 30, 2009) During exercise Stellar Avenger, the Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) launches a standard missile (SM) 3 Blk IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range ballistic missile, launched from the Kauai Test Facility, Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sans, Kauai – file photo. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

How would the U.S. Navy stop a massive, coordinated, multi-pronged weapons attack? Major power enemies might seek to overwhelm and destroy U.S. Navy surface ships by simultaneously launching a series of coordinated attacks — firing surface-skimming anti-ship missiles, unleashing small boat attacks, conducting aerial drone missile strikes and launching land-fired ballistic missiles — all at the same time.

Very serious concern about these kinds of scenarios, involving integrated enemy attacks, is inspiring the Navy’s current effort to fast-track new ship defenses and counterattack technologies. Much of this includes interceptor missiles, air-surface-undersea information sharing, close-in guns and even ship-fired lasers.

However, in order for Commanders to make decisions about which defenses are best suited for different kinds of attacks — they first have to see a threat, and know it’s on the way. This is the reason why the Navy is quickly expanding applications for its emerging family of AN/SPY-6 radar systems. Not only will the longest range variant, the AN/SPY-6 (V)1, go on new Flight III DDG 51 destroyers, but the Navy is now networking its entire fleet with the systems with various kinds of SPY-6 radars … amphibs, carriers, new frigates and more.

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The new radars are much more sensitive, much longer range, and engineered to discriminate threats from one another. The current SPY-6 integration initiative, now underway at a rapid pace, is changing Navy surface warfare tactics, according to the Navy’s Above Water Sensors Program Manager, Capt. Jason Hall.

Hall said multiple track functionality, signal processing and increased sensitivity provide “the heart” of how SPY-6 radars change tactics for ocean warfare.

We are looking at how you get after the increased capability that it (SPY-6 radar) brings, vs. the SPY-1 (current AN/SPY-1) legacy system. We have run the gamut as to what this radar can do,” Hall said in January at the Surface Navy Association Symposium, Arlington, Va.

Hall further explained that the SPY-6 radar systems, combined with fire control and an advanced software-ballistic missile defense system called Aegis Baseline 10, set the technical foundation for the fleet. “We will be leveraging this combat system as we look at frigate, amphibs and carriers,” Hall said.

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Multiple-track sensing and detection is expected to bring the desired radar detection strategy, as SPY-6 radars combine air-warfare and ballistic missile defense into a single system. When it comes to application, the SPY-6 radar systems streamline otherwise disparate fire-control and detection technologies; the SPY-6 can cue short-range, closer-in interceptors as well as longer-range ballistic missile interceptors such as an SM-3. This shortens sensor-to-shooter time and offers war commanders a longer window with which to make decisions about which countermeasure is needed. This integration is precisely the kind of defense needed to counter a multi-pronged, coordinated enemy attack potentially combining ballistic missiles with cruise missiles, drone attacks … and other threats.

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The SPY-6 family moves beyond existing AN/SPY-1 ship-integrated radar system and, according to an interesting essay in “Microwave Journal,” “handles 30 times more targets and has 30-times greater sensitivity than the SPY-1D(V).” (“Radar and Phased Array Breakthroughs,” Eli Booker)

Map shows America’s social distancing behavior state by state

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In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, new data shows how the behavior of Americans has shifted dramatically in some states.

Unacast, a company that tracks where people go and why — so-called “social mobility,” has created a Social Distancing Scoreboard based on tens of millions of anonymous mobile phones. It uses that data to build the maps that show changes in the “average distance traveled” by Americans as they respond to calls for social distancing.

Social distancing — avoiding mass gatherings and maintaining approximately 6 feet from others — is considered one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of the virus.

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The scoreboard, updated daily, is a way to “measure and understand the efficacy of social distancing initiatives at the local level,” according to the company. The goal is to show how people adapt their everyday behavior in the wake of the virus outbreak.

Change in distance traveled in the U.S. compared to pre-outbreak travel. The blueish states show the largest decrease in travel distance. (Credit: Unacast/Mapbox/OpenStreetMap)

For example, switching to your home office or not going to entertainment venues reduces the daily travel distance and boosts social distancing, according to Unacast. Also, canceling travel and vacations contributes to a decrease in travel distance.

State by state

Broken down by states and counties, the scores range from “A” for the most change to “F” for the least amount of change compared to pre-outbreak travel distance. Areas that see at least a 40 percent decrease in average distance traveled get an A, while those that exhibit less than a 10 percent decrease or increase are assigned an F, according to Unacast.

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As of Thursday, most of the states with the biggest changes in average distance traveled (those that receive the highest grade) are the most populous ones such as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and California, according to the interactive map.

The states with the lowest grades tend to be less-populated states such as Wyoming (which received an F), Montana (graded a D) and New Mexico (garnering a C grade).

The counties and localities with the top ratings include San Juan County, Colo; Kalawo County, Hawaii, and three areas in Alaska including Haines Borough and Skagway Municipality.

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The counties and localities with the lowest ratings include Wheeler County, Texas; Blaine County, Mont., and Baca County, Colo.

Google Maps does it, too

Though unrelated to the Unacast map, Google Maps can also help with social distancing. Maps can show you popular times for places like supermarkets and drug stores.

“Google may show information including popular times, live visit information, wait times and typical visit duration,” according to the search giant.

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The popular times graph, for example, shows how busy a location typically is during different times of the day. And live visit data show how active a location is at the moment.

Google sees 350 percent increase in phishing websites during COVID-19 pandemic, report reveals

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Hackers have been trying to take advantage of the coronavirus crisis, with a new report revealing a 350 percent increase in phishing websites over the last three months.

Atlas VPN gathered the numbers of phishing websites detected by Google and compared them.

In January, Google registered a total of 149,195 active phishing websites, according to the report. That number increased to 293,235 the following month. When looking at March versus January, the number of total phishing websites skyrocketed by 350 percent, hitting 522,495.

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Rachel Welsh, COO of Atlas VPN, explained why the number of phishing sites jumped so dramatically during the COVID-19 outbreak.

“I believe that hackers identified coronavirus as something users are desperate to find information on. Panic leads to irrational thinking and people forget the basics of cybersecurity. Users then download malicious files or try to purchase in-demand items from unsafe websites, in result becoming victims of scams,” Welsh said in a statement provided to Fox News.

Since more people are spending time online while they are quarantined at home, hackers and cybercriminals are all able to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic.

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3D-printing technology battles coronavirus outbreak

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As the world struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, experts are harnessing 3D–printing technology in an effort to make in-demand items, such as components for masks and face shields.

Budmen Industries, a small 3D-printing company in Onondaga County, N.Y., has been sharing a template for printing face shields and also providing the shields themselves to local health care workers and first responders.

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“We looked at a number of shortages and we saw that these face shields were out,” Isaac Budmen told Dana Perino on “The Daily Briefing.”

The company looked at what the face shields are made of, how they are designed and their connections, he explained. “We put together something and the health care workers started to use them,” he added.

Medical staff members arrive for a duty shift at Dongsan Hospital in Daegu, South Korea, Tuesday, March 24, 2020 – file photo.
(Han Jong-chan/Yonhap via AP)

In addition to making the template for the face shields available to anybody who wants to 3D-print them, the company is also providing them to local workers who need them.

“Health care workers and first responders can request these shields,” Stephanie Keefe of Budmen Industries told Perino. “We’re making these shields in Onondaga County and then bringing them to the hospitals and first responders in Onondaga County.”

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Budmen Industries is also helping people living further afield connect with resources in their local area to print the face shields. “Anybody who registers on the website, we’re connecting them with the people who will make them right in their community, with the hospitals that need them in their community,” Budmen added. “We’re doing that all over the globe.”

Tech giant HP is also deploying its 3D printing expertise to support the battle against coronavirus. Earlier this week, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based firm said that it had delivered more than 1,000 3D-printed parts to local hospitals. “Initial applications being validated and finalized for industrial production include face masks, face shields, mask adjusters, nasal swabs, hands-free door openers, and respirator parts,” it said.

HP added it was working with a number of government agencies all over the world “to ensure a synchronized and effective approach.”

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The first items being validated and produced include a hands-free door opener, a clasp that can be used to adjust masks and brackets to hold face shields.

Other applications in the testing and validation phase that are expected to be in production soon include 3D-printed parts for a mechanical bag valve mask designed to provide emergency ventilation to COVID-19 patients and hospital-grade face masks.

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As another Amazon warehouse reports COVID-19, politicians raise scrutiny

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With Amazon already under fire for providing allegedly unsafe work conditions in its distribution centers and warehouses in the U.S. and Europe, another worker at the Jeff Bezos-led company has tested positive for COVID-19.

A worker at the Amazon fulfillment center in Moreno Valley, Calif., tested positive, according to CBS Los Angeles. The town’s mayor, Yxstian Gutierrez, confirmed the positive diagnosis in a statement on Wednesday.

“A worker in one of Amazon’s fulfillment centers in Moreno Valley has tested positive for Covid-19,” Gutierrez said in the statement. “It is not known if the worker lives in the City of Moreno Valley because everyone’s personal medical information is considered private. The worker is undergoing treatment, and several co-workers have been directed to self-quarantine and are under observation by health officials.”

(AP Photo/Scott Sady)

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A person familiar with the situation said Amazon would alert any employee who had come into close contact with the person and ask them to not return to the site and self-quarantine for 14 days. The person added they would be paid during the time off.

The worker in Moreno Valley marks the latest Amazon warehouse worker to contract the virus, attracting the ire of politicians, notably Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

Sanders, who is still running to be the Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential election, sent an email to his supporters on March 25 requesting them to sign a petition asking Bezos to protect his workers.

“Despite the best practices advice from public health officials during the coronavirus pandemic, reports indicate that workers are still forced to stand together in close quarters; there are not enough disinfectant wipes or hand sanitizer in warehouses; and there is not extra cleaning of the warehouses,” the email states.

Sanders also noted that a worker at an Amazon New York City warehouse was diagnosed with the virus on March 24.

An Amazon spokesperson told Fox News the company is aiding the employee who is recovering. “We are following guidelines from health officials and are taking extreme measures to ensure the safety of employees at our site,” the spokesman said via email, pointing Fox News to a company blog post on methods it is taking to protect its employees and partners.

Earlier this month, a group of four U.S. senators, including Sanders and Cory Booker, D-N.J., wrote a letter to Bezos expressing their concern about the health and safety of Amazon warehouses’ workers.

The Washington Post, which is also owned by Bezos, reported that Amazon workers at 10 warehouses around the country have tested positive for COVID-19.

Last week, an Amazon warehouse worker in Queens, N.Y., tested positive for the disease known as COVID-19. It was the first known case of an Amazon warehouse employee being affected by the virus.

On March 11, Amazon announced it would give all employees diagnosed with COVID-19 – and those placed into quarantine – up to two weeks of pay.

According to a source familiar with the situation, the additional pay is to ensure employees have the time they need to return to good health. Amazon is also providing unlimited unpaid time off for all hourly employees through the end of the month.

The source added the company has implemented a number of preventative health measures for all of its workers, including increasing the frequency and cleaning of all sites, ensuring social distancing is being practiced, staggering shift times and enabling a temporary cell phone process for those who need to be in contact with family members or childcare providers.

Bezos wrote a letter to his employees over the weekend, thanking them for their hard work amid the coronavirus pandemic, while acknowledging the crisis is likely to get worse before it gets better.

In addition, Bezos wrote Amazon had placed purchase orders for “millions of face masks” for their employees and contractors who are unable to work from home. “Very few” of the orders have been filled, Bezos acknowledged, as constraints are ongoing around the world and priority is being given to health care professionals.

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Amazon recently announced it would hire an additional 100,000 workers and raise their hourly pay to help with the recent surge in demand due to the pandemic.

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Fox News’ Gillian Turner and Lissa Kaplan contributed to this story.

This story has been updated to include Amazon’s response.

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