Twitter staff ordered 'mandatory' work from home amid coronavirus outbreak

Amid coronavirus dre, social media giant, Twitter has ordered a 'mandatory' work from home for all ir staff globally in a bid to contain spre of virus. outbreak has alrey affected more than 100 countries and over 126,000 people have been infected with dely disease. As number of cases are increasing rapidly, company moved beyond ir earlier guidance of 'strongly encouraging work from home' to 'must work from home'. 

Twitter's human resource chief Jennifer Christie in a blog post said, “Our top priority remains health and safety of our Tweeps, and we also have a responsibility to support our communities, those who are vulnerable, and healthcare providers who are on front lines of this pandemic.”

She furr ded, “We are moving beyond our earlier guidance of 'strongly encouraging work from home' provided on March 2 and have w informed all employees globally y must work from home”. 

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Or internet giants have also brought in ir own policies to protect ir staff from infection. Earlier this week, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft also vised ir employees to work from home. Google has also been restricting visits to its offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and New York and Apple has also encourd employees to work from home. On or hand, Washington State Department also issued an visory to all employers in state and instructed m to maximize teleworking wherever possible.

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'Pandemic'

dely outbreak has led to leers around world to roll out bans on big garings and stricter travel restrictions. outbreak has also disrupted flight demand and several airlines have also suspended or modified services in response. Governments worldwide have stepped up efforts to halt spre of virus as it has alrey affected so many countries.

Meanwhile, World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared coronavirus as a global pandemic after virus spre to 114 countries, resulting in deaths of more than 4,500 people worldwide. WHO chief Tedros ham furr even urged all nations to get very serious over issue and take all necessary measures to contain virus from spreing at this rate. Tedros said, that word "Pandemic" cant be used lightly or carelessly due to its strong contation. 

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