Twitter has ordered all staff globally to work from home in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, AFP reported.

The social media platform had already announced a mandatory work from home policy for its staff in South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan earlier this month and suspended "non-critical" business travel and events in February.

"We are moving beyond our earlier guidance [...] and have now informed all employees globally they must work from home," Twitter human resources chief Jennifer Christie said in a blog post.

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