Amazon is telling employees at its Seattle HQ not to come into the office because of the coronavirus, as Washington becomes the worst-hit state in the US [ARTICLE]

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It came the same day the company confirmed that an Amazon employee in the area had tested positive for the virus. Amazon issued the work-from-home guidance in an internal email on Wednesday, seen by The Seattle Times and GeekWire. It said that any employee based in Seattle or nearby Bellevue who can work from home should do so until the end of March a period of almost four weeks. The email acknowledged that not everyone can easily work from home, and advised employees to talk to their managers to work out if it was practical for them to do so. The message said: "every team is different and not all work may be conducive to working from home, so please talk with your manager and your team to establish expectations on working remotely. The Guardian obtained a company internal memo earlier Wednesday that confirmed an employee had tested positive and said that any employees who worked physically near to that person had been notified. That memo said that the employee went home sick on February 25, and had not returned to the company's offices since. It also said that the employee worked in an Amazon location called the Brazil Building, one of the more than 40 buildings that makes up the company's Seattle headquarters. It is separate from the building made up of three glass spheres that is the company's most distinctive presence in the city. Amazon's guidance cited guidance from health officials in Washington state, the state hit hardest by the coronavirus. The virus has killed 11 people in the US so far, 10 of which were in Washington. Worldwide it has killed almost 3,300 people, the vast majority in China. Facebook and Microsoft have given similar guidance to their employees in the city. NOW WATCH: What would happen if we actually detonated a nuclear bomb inside of a hurricane. Source | Create Website | Criar site | Crear sitio web | Créer un site Web