Facebook employee in Seattle diagnosed with coronavirus, as 39 infected in region
A Facebook employee who worked in the company's Seattle office has been diagnosed with coronavirus, as the death toll in the state climbed to 10 on Wednesday.
A Facebook employee who worked in the company's Seattle office has been diagnosed with coronavirus, as the death toll in the state climbed to 10 on Wednesday.
Facebook and other tech giants took measures to protect their workers. Facebook alerted employees about the contractor who was last in the company’s Stadium East office on Feb. 21. The office will be closed until Monday and employees of the social media company are encouraged to work from home until the end of the month due to coronavirus fears. Microsoft is also taking steps to protect its roughly 50,000 employees in the Seattle area from the new coronavirus, which has infected at least 39 people in the region -- considered the epicenter for the outbreak in the U.S.
The tech company advised all employees in the Seattle and San Francisco Bay areas to work from home until March 25 in accordance with guidance from local health officials. Click here for more.
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