In mid-March Amazon announced it would hire 100,000 full-time and part-time workers at its delivery networks and fulfillment centers to meet increased demand from consumers staving home in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and said it would prioritize shipments of medical supplies and household staples. By the end of the month, at least 10 of its warehouse workers reportedly had COVID-19. On March 26, Bezos posted on Instagram that Amazon was providing logistical and technical support to the World Health Organization in its efforts against the virus. Previously, in February, he had pledged $10 billion to fight climate change through his new Bezos Earth Fund. Last summer, he gave a quarter of his Amazon stake to his former wife, MacKenzie, as part of the world's costliest divorce. He has very publicly moved on with girlfriend Lauren Sanchez.
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