Facebook says it is closing its London
offices until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed
with coronavirus.
The employees who have been in contact with
the affected individual are being asked to self-isolate and be vigilant in
monitoring whether they develop symptoms. COVID-19, the disease caused by
coronavirus, is believed to gestate for up to two weeks before symptoms
develop.
In a statement, Facebook said:
An employee based in our Singapore office
who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 visited our London offices February 24-26,
2020,” Facebook
said in a statement. We are therefore closing our London offices until Monday
for deep cleaning and employees are working from home until then.
The company is now also reaching out to any
employees and contingent workers based in other offices that visited London
over the past few days to warn them according to Sky news.
According to John Hopkins University, the
number of coronavirus cases worldwide has now passed 100,000 as the outbreak
intensifies.
There have been 47 new cases of coronavirus
confirmed in the UK over the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 163,
with two deaths.
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