Twitter employees in Dublin have been told to work from home as fears grow over the deadly Coronavirus.
The company, which currently employs nearly 200 people in its Dublin office, told its 5,000 employees worldwide to work remotely if possible to help stop the spread of the killler COVID-19 bug.
In a blog post on its website, the company said it was "strongly encouraging" all employees around the world not to come to work adding that it was mandatory for staff in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea to do so.
Head of human resources Jennifer Christie said: "We are strongly encouraging all employees globally to work from home if they’re able.
"Our goal is to lower the probability of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus for us - and the world around us.
"We are operating out of an abundance of caution and the utmost dedication to keeping our Tweeps healthy.
"This policy is effective immediately and will continue until the World Health Organisation or Centers for Disease Control deem it appropriate to step back from pandemic precautionary measures or when a vaccine becomes available.
"We are working to make sure internal meetings, all hands, and other important tasks are optimized for remote participation. We recognize that working from home is not ideal for some job functions.
"For those employees who prefer or need to come into the offices, they will remain open for business. Our Real Estate & Workplace team is increasing deep cleaning and sanitizing in all spaces, as well as more visual reminders for personal hygiene best practices and pre-packaged, pre-composed, and pre-plated food options."
She concluded: "While this is a big change for us, we have already been moving towards a more distributed workforce that’s increasingly remote. We're a global service and we’re committed to enabling anyone, anywhere to work at Twitter."
This comes following news yesterday that Google asked staff to work from home after an employee showed flu-like symptoms.
In an email seen by Dublin Live, all employees based in the capital received mandatory instructions to work remotely.
Also, Scoil Chaitriona in Glasnevin remains closed as one of its pupils continues to receive treatment at a Dublin hospital for Coronavirus.
