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Facebook is closing its London HQ after an employee was diagnosed with coronavirus.
The social networking giant told staff to work from home on Friday after the worker tested positive for Covid-19.
The employee is based in Singapore but had visited the company’s London offices for several days last month, it confirmed in a statement.
A Facebook spokesman said: “An employee based in our Singapore office who has been diagnosed with Covid-19 visited our London offices 24-26 February 2020.
“We are therefore closing our London offices until Monday for deep cleaning and employees are working from home until then.”
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It joins other major international organisations in closing its doors amid fears of the virus outbreak.
Nike’s London headquarters in Soho were shut down on Tuesday after a colleague returned from an overseas trip to one of the world’s worst-hit areas.
About 150 employees of the US sportswear giant were told to stay at home as three floors of the building underwent a “deep clean.”
No members of staff reported feeling unwell or tested positive for the illness, the Standard understands.
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