US: Google Postpones Office Reopening to September 7

US: Google Postpones Office Reopening to September 7

Published July 2nd, 2020 - 11:00 GMT









Alphabet Inc's Google said it was delaying the reopening of its U.S. offices by around two months because of a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in some states.

 

All of Google's U.S. offices will now remain closed at least until September 7 said Katherine Williams, Google spokeswoman.

Google said in late May it would reopen buildings in more cities at roughly 10% of their capacity beginning July 6 and scale it up to 30% in September, if conditions permitted, according to Reuters.

Williams confirmed a Bloomberg report that cited an internal memo to employees sent by a Google executive.

"For all of you that are working from home, please continue to do so unless you are told otherwise by your manager,“ Chris Rackow, Google's vice president of global security, said in the memo.

"We don't expect this guidance to change until Monday, September 7 (Labor Day) at the earliest,“ Rackow wrote, adding that the recent rise in coronavirus cases in the United States demonstrates that "COVID-19 is still very much alive“.

The development comes as coronavirus cases in June more than doubled in 14 U.S. states, including California, Florida and Texas, a Reuters analysis on