Google restricts visits to curb coronavirus risk
Google is among technology companies including Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon that have given employees the option of working from home instead of going to the office, in efforts to stave off spread of Covid-19. – EPA pic, March 10, 2020.
GOOGLE yesterday began restricting visits to its offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and New York as it ramped up precautions against the deadly novel coronavirus. The added measure was enacted as word went out that Apple had joined the list of technology firms advising employees to work from home and that the prestigious TED Conference set to take place in April has been delayed to protect the health of attendees.
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