The company had previously said warehouse workers could ditch their masks indoors if they were fully vaccinated.
is bringing back its mask mandate for warehouse workers amid a surge in Covid-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant.
Beginning on Monday, employees will be required to wear face coverings inside Amazon operations facilities, even if they're vaccinated, according to a notice sent Friday to employees, which was viewed by CNBC. "We hope this will only be required for a few weeks," according to the notice, which was previously reported by
. The new mask mandate applies to all U.S. Amazon sites, including where state and local guidance doesn't require face masks, the notice says."In response to the concerning spread of new Covid-19 variants in the U.S.
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