Coronavirus: Facebook shuts Singapore and London offices after employee tests positive
- Affected areas at premises in Asian city state closed for ‘deep cleaning’ after staff member at Marina One site diagnosed with Covid-19
- Employee had also visited tech giant’s London offices, which are being closed until Monday
Facebook said on Friday it was shutting its London office and part of its Singapore base for “deep cleaning” after an employee in the Asian city state was diagnosed with coronavirus.
A staff member working at the US technology giant’s Marina One office in Singapore was on Friday diagnosed with Covid-19, a spokesman said.
“We have immediately closed the affected areas for deep cleaning and advised employees based in the affected area to work from home until March 13,” he said in an emailed statement.
The infected employee had also visited Facebook’s London offices between February 24 and 26.
“We are therefore closing our London offices until Monday for deep cleaning, and employees are working from home until then,” the spokesman said.
The company said it was getting in touch with individuals who had direct contact with the person infected, and had asked them to self-isolate and monitor for any potential symptoms.