Factbox: Tesla, Apple, Starbucks warn of virus hit; firms restrict travel, flights cancelled


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Jan 2020

A worker uses a thermometer to check the temperature of a customer as he enters a Starbucks shop as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, China January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

(Reuters) - Tesla warned a delay in the output of Shanghai-built Model 3 cars would hurt first-quarter profit after China ordered a shutdown of the factory following a virus outbreak that has killed 170 people and infected thousands.

Companies have shut thousands of stores, restricted travel to China and asked staff there to work from home.

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