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Amazon turns to blacklisted Chinese firms to buy thermal cameras: Report

China's Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd shipped 1,500 cameras to Amazon this month in a deal valued close to $10 million

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The company added it was implementing thermal imagers from "multiple" manufacturers, which it declined to name.

Reuters New York/San Francisco

6 min read Last Updated : Apr 29 2020 | 4:37 PM IST

Amazon.com Inc has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a firm the United States blacklisted over allegations it helped China detain and monitor the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

China's Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd shipped 1,500 cameras to Amazon this month in a deal valued close to $10 million, one of the people said. At least 500 systems from Dahua - the blacklisted firm - are for Amazon's use in the United States, another person said.

The Amazon procurement, which has not been previously reported, is legal because the

Topics : Coronavirus Amazon

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