San Francisco: Google employee at Zurich, Switzerland tested COVID-19 positive on Satuday, Google spokesperson says the employee was in the office for a limited time, before they had any symptoms.
The company said it has not shut down its Zurich office but has restricted employees to travel to Iran, Italy and China and is set to expand the travel curb to Japan and South Korea next month.
Google says they have taken – and will continue to take – all necessary precautionary measures, following the advice of public health officials, prioritizing everyone's health and safety.
The World Health Organization says the risk of global impact from the virus was "very high" in the context of coronavirus reports in 57 countries.
Amazon also has put restrictions for its employees' for non-essential travel during the situation.
The death toll due to the outbreak in China has risen to 2,835, health authorities said on Saturday, while the number of confirmed cases increased to 79,251.
