The epidemic is still serious, especially in the severely affected United States. The novel coronavirus pneumonia cases in the United States were more than 1 million cases, according to Worldometers real-time statistics.
In such a severe outbreak, Tesla has cancelled plans to return at least some of its employees to work this week at the Fremont plant in California, instead returning to work the next day after the local government lifted the "shelter in place" order.
According to reports, an e-mail from the head of the paint department to employees on Sunday said they did not need to return to work this week until the home order was lifted. It is understood that the San Francisco Bay area home order will expire on May 3, but the mayor of San Francisco, London breed, said on Friday that the area's home order is likely to be extended.
Verizon, at & T and Comcast, the two largest wireless operators in the United States, said in a statement on Monday that customers were affected during the outbreak, and they would not cancel their services or charge late fees. The commitment is valid until June 30, which is longer than the previously set time.
With the number of people infected with coronavirus close to 3 million worldwide, there is increasing pressure to develop therapies and vaccines to fight the epidemic. Dozens of companies around the world are developing vaccines, including Sanofi, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Inc.
A team led by Sarah Gilbert, a professor of vaccinology at Oxford University, has begun testing a potential vaccine with the goal of achieving efficacy results as soon as September. Its production is already in progress.
