Local media: NetEase Beijing employee tests positive for Covid-19, staff ordered to work from home

By Xinmei Shen

Chinese gaming giant NetEase has reportedly asked staff at its Beijing office to work from home after an employee tested positive for Covid-19. NetEase’s Beijing office is near those of several other major Chinese Internet companies including Tencent and ByteDance. — SCMP

Chinese gaming giant NetEase has asked all staff at its Beijing office to prepare to work from home after an employee tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday night, according to local media reports.

According to a screenshot of an internal email circulated online by both state-run Chinese media outlet Legal Daily and Phoenix New Media’s news portal Ifeng.com, the employee reported having a fever on Thursday night.

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