Google temporarily closes all offices in China due to the threat of coronavirus – review

Google temporarily closes all of its Chinese offices due to an outbreak of coronavirus. According to the company, this applies to both the mainland and Hong Kong with Taiwan.

The representative of the corporation told the publication The vergethat the offices will be closed at the direction of the PRC government, and the company’s management imposes temporary restrictions on business visits to China.

As for business trips to China, employees who have been on such trips are advised to work from home for at least two weeks from the time of departure. Given that an outbreak of coronavirus has already killed 132 people and infected more than 6,000, these are justifiable measures.

Note that earlier the same restrictions were introduced Apple and Facebook. United airlines and American airlines began to cancel flights from the US to China. European carriers British airways and Lufthansa they also suspended all flights to the Celestial Empire, and Kazakhstan plans in the coming days to completely close transport links with China.