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Google Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Company Expands Travel Restrictions

American companies are curbing travel and pulling out of big events as they try to limit their employees' exposure to the growing outbreak
Google is among a growing number of American companies that are restricting employee travel as the coronavirus outbreak spreads.

A Google employee in Switzerland has tested positive for the new coronavirus, as the tech giant and other American companies crack down on employee travel amid the widening outbreak.

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