Twitter staff across the world were asked to work from home initial Monday in an effort to stop the increase of the deadly new coronavirus outbreak.
The eruption has spread across the world while rising in central China late last year, homicide more than 3,100 people, infecting over 90,000 and prompting a wave of travel limitations.
The social media platform's conclusion to ask its staff to avoid the office follows similar necessities by governments in virus hotspots.
"We are sturdily cheering all employees worldwide to employment from home if they're able," Twitter human resources chief Jennifer Christie said during a Monday blog post.
Working from home will be compulsory for employees at the company's South Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan offices, Christie said.
South Korea has recorded almost 5,000 confirmed COVID-19 infections -- the largest number outside mainland China -- along with 28 deaths. More than half of the cases have been connected to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, an enigmatic religious group often described as a cult.
Japan's government has urged the shutting of schools countrywide and employers to give their staff permission to work remotely.
A most civil employees in Hong Kong returned to work on Monday after they were asked to work from home for a month. The economic hub has recorded 100 cases of the disease.
Twitter had already announced the suspension of "non-critical" trade travel and events last week.