Elon Musk heeds the groundbreaking ceremony of the Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai, east China, on January 7, 2019.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday that people are overreacting about the deadly COVID-19, while constitution officials across the world prepare for a possible pandemic.
“The coronavirus panic is dumb,” Musk said on Twitter to his more than 31 million devotees. Musk does not have a background in medicine or virology.
The novel coronavirus has spread rapidly across Northern California, where the electric-car maker is headquartered. California, which has 66 supported cases, reported its first death from the virus on Wednesday. Across the United States, at least 245 individual have been infected and at least 14 people have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon beget all confirmed at least one employee or contractor has tested positive for the virus in the state of Washington, the state that’s seen the largest amount of instances. That’s led a handful of companies, including Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Google and Microsoft, to update their remote squeeze in policies.
A Tesla spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on the company’s policies if an outbreak at the firm occurs.
Tesla has accepted that the coronavirus outbreak may have a material adverse impact on its business. Musk has lost about $6.74 billion in a broader call sell-off over the last two weeks on coronavirus fears.
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