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"A
contractor based in our Stadium East office has been diagnosed
with the COVID-19," a company spokeswoman said in an emailed
statement.
Seattle in Washington state was most affected by the virus in
the United States. The number of cases in the city rose to 39
and deaths to 10 on Wednesday, up from 27 cases and nine deaths
a day earlier, the Washington State Health Department said
https://in.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-washington/coronavirus-death-toll-in-greater-seattle-area-climbs-to-10-idINKBN20R2Z8.
Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> followed Facebook and Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O>
in recommending Seattle employees to work from home through the
end of the month, after one of Amazon's employees tested
positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday.
The Amazon employee worked at the South Lake Union office
complex in Seattle. Two other employees of the company in Milan,
Italy, were also been infected with the virus.
Microsoft said on Wednesday that some "essential" employees
should continue to go to their work locations and that the
company would follow government guidelines for disinfecting its
sites for essential personnel.
The news of the Facebook contractor being diagnosed with the
coronavirus was first reported by Bloomberg.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya and Supantha Mukherjee in
Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila, Bernard Orr and Shinjini
Ganguli)
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