From Seattle to New York to London, companies of all sizes have spent the past week preparing for disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak that started in China. They have put employees through work-from-home drills, built up inventory to weather a possible shutdown and dusted off emergency-response
At Amazon’s sprawling headquarters in Seattle, a worker in one of the company’s many office buildings in the South Lake Union neighborhood has tested positive for the virus. In a message to employees Wednesday night, Amazon said it was recommending that all employees in the Seattle region work from home this month if their jobs can be done remotely.
The tech industry is vital to the economy of Washington state, where a cluster of infections has taken root and 10 people have died, leading companies there to take extra precautions to halt the spread of the virus. Sick workers have also been reported overseas. On Thursday, HSBC, one of the world’s largest financial firms, said that an employee at its global headquarters in London had been diagnosed with the coronavirus. The employee is under medical supervision and has self-isolated. The office, where nearly 10,000 people work, remains open.
For some smaller businesses, the impact of an outbreak that forces workers to stay home from work could be devastating. Restaurants would have to close. Assembly lines would grind to a halt.
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