Updated.
March 06, 2020 18: 30:57
Coronavirus has started closing down schools and workplaces across Australia and a specialist cautioned the scenario would likely intensify as the spread of the virus magnified in coming weeks and months.
Key points:
- Vodafone, Clayton Utz and Cisco are some business already affected
- Authorities insist essential services will remain even with personnel shortages
- A specialist states everybody needs to plan for what to do at work and in the house
Edith Cowan University catastrophe and emergency reaction Partner Professor Erin Smith said it was possible many workplaces in Australia would be empty quickly, either since employees got the infection and their coworkers did not want to come to work, or they would have to look after kids whose schools or child care centres had actually closed.
Workplaces struck by health problem and quarantine
Vodafone’s nationwide headquarters in North Sydney was shut yesterday after a staff member returned from Japan with flu-like symptoms.
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