Published 16:11 IST, March 3rd 2020
Twitter advises employees to work from home amid coronavirus dread
In a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus, Twitter, on March 2 advised its employees to work from home, international media reported.
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In a bid to combat spre of coronavirus, Twitter, on March 2 vised its employees to work from home, international media reported. This comes just a day after social media company reportedly anunced that it was suspending all n-critical business travel and events. Meanwhile, dely virus has infected nearly 89,000 and killed over 3,000 people with a vast majority in mainland China.
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A Twitter blog post published on March 1 re, “Beginning today, we are strongly encouraging all employees globally to work from home if y’re able.” It furr wrote that ir goal is to lower probability of spre of COVID-19 for m as well as world. According to reports, more than 5,000 people work for Twitter. Meanwhile, US on March 2 confirmed coronavirus cases in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Soma and Placer counties. Along with that, four ditional people died from COVID-19 in Washington state, bringing total US death toll to six.
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Coronavirus could become seasonal
Coronavirus dre has gripped entire world and according to scientists, dely virus could become an infection that never goes away and causes seasonal outbreaks of illness. First detected in city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province of China, virus outbreak has w spre across more than 60 countries since December 2019. According to reports, death toll in China has also surpassed 2,900 and National Health Commission also confirmed more than 126 new cases and total number of confirmed cases within China has reportedly hit 80,152 and more than 90,000 worldwide.
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As per international media reports, experts believe that virus could become a permanent part of human respiratory-virus repertoire. While speaking to a media outlet, Amesh alja, an infectious-disease expert at Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Security, said that virus is going to be 'with us for some time'. He furr ded that it is endemic in human populations and t going to go away without a vaccine.
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16:11 IST, March 3rd 2020