The Google employee who tested positive for coronavirus was in the company's Zurich office "for a limited time," Google said in a statement.
The Google employee had been in the Zurich office days before displaying symptoms, the company told employees by email on Friday.
The company says the person was only in the office for "a limited time."
A Google employee at the company's Switzerland office has tested positive for coronavirus, the company said Friday. The unnamed employee was working in the tech giant's Zurich division and was only in the office "for a limited time before they had any symptoms," a spokesperson said. "We have taken — and will continue to take — all necessary precautionary measures, following the advice of public health officials, as we prioritize everyone's...
A staff member reported a fever after a trip abroad.
An Oregon elementary school employee in Clackamas County has tested positive for the new coronavirus and may have exposed other people to it at work, health officials said Friday night. The announcement raised two key questions: how the patient contracted the virus since they have not traveled to any hot spots, and how many other may be infected as a result. “We’ve been expecting this and we are prepared for it,” Patrick Allen, director of the...
An elementary school in Oregon will remain closed through Wednesday after an employee became the first presumptive case of coronavirus in the state, the Lake Oswego School District confirmed on its website.
An elementary school has closed after one of its employees was discovered to be the third confirmed case of COVID-19 community spread.
One day after learning an employee at a Lake Oswego elementary school is presumed to have coronavirus, the superintendent said the district’s top priority is the safety of students and staff. The person believed to be infected works at Forest Hills Elementary School and tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, the first presumed case in Oregon. Superintendent Dr. Lora de la Cruz said the person was last at the school on Feb. 19 and stayed home...
Editor's note: The videos above and below are from an earlier report in which a small group of employees and students were self-quarantined at Rice University. A Rice University employee will be tested for the coronavirus. On Saturday, the university announced that a group of students and employees were asked to self-quarantine due to an employee's possible exposure to the coronavirus during overseas travel. On Sunday, Harris County health...
Self-quarantined Rice University employee being tested for coronavirus
Nike Inc.'s (NYSE: NKE) European Head Office in the Netherlands will be closed temporarily after an employee tested positive for the virus. What Happened Nike’s office in Hilversum, the Netherlands, will have to be disinfected after an employee was diagnosed with coronavirus. The office will remain closed on both Monday and Tuesday, according to Reuters. The news organization reported a security guard at the facility as saying, “The place is on...
Leaders of an Indian reservation in Oregon shut down its casino and several other facilities after an employee contracted the coronavirus.
F5 Networks closed its downtown Seattle office building on Monday for cleaning after an employee came in contact with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus. The network infrastructure and…
Many U.S. workers fear that taking time off or working from home, even when sick, can damage a career. Can the coronavirus COVID-19 permanently change workplace norms?
Microchip Technology Inc. has implemented a strict travel policy and quarantine procedures for employees returning from coronavirus-affected regions.
By Priscilla Alvarez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) -- A Department of Homeland Security facility in King County, Washington, has been temporarily closed after an employee visited a nursing home that was a
Julie Sweet, consulting firm's CEO, wrote in a memo that more than 100 Accenture employees in China and Italy have been quarantined.
Due to concerns about the coronavirus, Hasbro is prohibiting employees from taking business trips to mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Iran and Italy, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. CVS has also put restrictions in place for domestic travel as well as overseas trips. The travel ban applies to employees who are not already living in those locations "until further notice," the Hasbro spokeswoman, Julie Duffy, told The...
Due to concerns about the coronavirus, Hasbro is prohibiting employees from taking business trips to mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Iran and Italy, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The travel ban applies to employees who are not already living in those locations "until further notice," the spokeswoman, Julie Duffy, told The Providence Journal. Hasbro is not the only company to announce such travel restrictions. Gannett,...
Washington state has seen the largest surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
Apple is no longer allowing its employees to travel to Italy or South Korea because of the coronavirus outbreak affecting those countries, reports...
Amazon.com Inc. notified employees Tuesday of the first confirmed case of coronavirus among its U.S. workforce. The online retailer told workers about the infected employee via email.
The US has reported at least 120 cases of the novel coronavirus, including nine deaths in Washington state.