Published 05:17 IST, March 6th 2020
Amid coronavirus outbreak, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft advise employees to work from home
As the world is scrambling to battle the new coronavirus outbreak, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft have advised their employees to work from home
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As world is battling against new coronavirus outbreak, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft have vised ir employees to work from home. According to reports, recent development came after virus outbreak in Washington state escalated in recent past. anuncement was me after health officials in most affected US state instructed all workplaces to allow staff to work from isolation.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Washington State Department of Health anunced first case of 2019 vel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in United States in Washington State on January 21. Washington State Department also took to its official Twitter handle to issue visory to all employers in state. visory instructed employers to maximize teleworking wherever possible.
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According to reports, three digital behemoths sent internal messs to ir employees recommending m to work from home until end of March. As per reports, Amazon on March 3 revealed that one of its employees in Seattle office h tested positive for coronavirus. Reports suggested that employee h taken a sick leave on February 25 and has stayed out of office ever since.
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Coronavirus outbreak
According to reports, re are currently 144 active cases of coronavirus in United States and country has reported 11 deaths so far. new coronavirus also kwn as COVID-19 has claimed more than 3,300 lives across globe and has infected over 97,000 people all across world since it first broke out in December 2019. According to reports, at least 280 people have died outside mainland China, which makes it worst disease outbreak of 21st century. Italy, Iran and South Korea are most affected countries apart from China, where 148, 107 and 40 people have died respectively.
It is being said that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, where animals were being tred illegally. Hubei province in China has been most affected by contagious disease, which is also epicentre of virus.
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05:17 IST, March 6th 2020