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Tesla tries to assure workers there's no Covid outbreak at its facilities

In an email to workers Wednesday night, the company said that since January it has had fewer than 10 cases of the virus that causes Covid-19 that were transmitted in the workplace

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Some Tesla workers and labor activists say the company is threatening to fire employees who haven't returned, but Tesla officials have said claims about firings are not true.

AP | PTI Detroit
Tesla is trying to assure its 55,000 employees that there hasn't been a big coronavirus outbreak at company facilities worldwide, despite a report by an electric vehicle industry website that over 130 Tesla employees or contractors have tested positive.

In an email to workers Wednesday night, the company said that since January it has had fewer than 10 cases of the virus that causes Covid-19 that were transmitted in the workplace.

But the email from Laurie Shelby, Tesla's vice president of environmental, safety and health, also confirmed reports that Tesla is looking into more than 130 positive tests among employees,

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