On March 5, Beijing time, Footwear News reported that Nike temporarily closed its third and fourth offices in London due to concerns about the intensification of the new coronavirus.
Previously, Nike’s headquarters in London was temporarily closed due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. Another Nike office nearby also closed. Nike told 150 employees in London to stay home from the shutdown until Thursday. Before the closure, a colleague at Nike’s London office returned from vacation in a severely affected area.
In addition, a suspected infection case occurred at Nike’s global headquarters in Oregon, USA, in February, and the Oregon headquarters was temporarily closed for disinfection over the weekend. On March 2, Beijing time, Nike officially announced that it would temporarily close its European headquarters in Hilversum, the Netherlands, for two days because an employee was infected with the new coronavirus. Nike officials said there are more than 2,000 employees from 80 countries in the Hilversum headquarters.
(March 2) Nike Inc. (NKE) immediately closed its European headquarters after confirming that an employee was infected with the new coronavirus.
The move comes after Nike closed its headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, on Sunday.
“Reuters” quoted the Dutch news agency ANP as reporting that the American sporting goods manufacturer NIKE will close its European headquarters in Hilversum, the Netherlands, for two days on Monday and Tuesday to conduct environmental disinfection operations. A local employee was infected with COVID-19 and is in 14 days of home quarantine…
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About 2,000 employees from 80 countries around the world work in NIKE’s European headquarters. Since February 28, Dutch officials have confirmed 10 cases of infection.
Nike global communications director Greg Rossiter (Greg Rossiter) said in an email: “While we do not have sufficient information to indicate that Nike employees had any opportunity for exposure , but we are doing a deep clean.”
March 6: Gap Inc. (NYSE:GPS) Gap Group made a sudden announcement after the market closed on Thursday A new CEO was appointed, and at the same time, unfortunately, a person infected with the new coronavirus pneumonia was found among the company’s employees in New York.
The American giant said that the New York employee who was diagnosed with COVID-19 did not go to work on Thursday and is currently recovering from home isolation. The company also said that it did not know how the employees were infected.
To prevent infection of other employees, Gap Group has closed its New York office and required all employees to work from home until further notice. </p
