Amazon to suspend non-essential shipments to UK and US warehouses

The company is prioritising five categories of goods which it classifies as essential productsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOnline retail giant Amazon is stopping sellers from sending non-essential items to its UK and US warehouses until 5 April, to make space for vital items needed by its customers during the coronavirus outbreak.Amazon wrote to its third-party sellers, some of whom use the company’s logistics to store and dispatch their products, to in