Factbox: U.S. federal agencies take different paths on coronavirus

Marty Shape talks on the phone through a window with his mother, Judie Shape, who is 81 and was tested for coronavirus yesterday, at the Life Care Center of Kirkland, the long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases in the state, in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 9, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is restricting some of its 2.1 million employees from travelling and encouraging people to work from home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected 111,000 people in 105 countries.

Federal agencies' directives to workers on how to manage the risks of the disease vary widely, however.