Google tells more than 100,000 North American employees to stay home amid coronavirus fears

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Google tells more than 100,000 North American employees to stay home amid coronavirus fears
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It's the most extreme measure the company has taken to mobilize its workforce amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

The company is recommending all North American employees work from home as it takes measures to prevent the COVID-19 from spreading.

Prior, the company gave employees at some offices the option to work from home and blocked visitors from coming into those offices. Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.Google is telling all of its North American employees to stay home until at least April 10 as the COVID-19"All offices in North America are now on recommended work from home status, if roles allow," stated a Google spokesperson in an email to CNBC.

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