Overview
- NHS teams returned to the BHX4 fulfilment centre this week to run blood tests as part of an expanded screening programme.
- Amazon says the 10 cases identified last year were latent, those affected are receiving treatment and are not infectious, and operations continue.
- UKHSA reports no additional cases to date and is monitoring the situation with Amazon and Coventry City Council.
- The GMB union and campaign group Foxglove are urging a temporary shutdown and medical suspension on full pay until stronger infection controls are in place.
- The vast Coventry warehouse employs more than 3,000 people, and the renewed checks come as UK data show TB diagnoses rose to nearly 5,500 in 2024.