Monday, 9 March 2020

Facebook closes down its London offices after an employee was diagnosed with coronavirus


Social media giants, Facebook is closing its offices in London until Monday after a visiting employee from Singapore was diagnosed with coronavirus. The unnamed employee who is based in Singapore visited Facebook's London offices between February 24-26 and was later diagnosed with COVID-19.
 While other employees have been told to work from home through the weekend, the firm also advised anyone who came into contact with the affected employee to self-isolate and monitor themselves for any symptoms of the novel coronavirus.
 “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.”

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