A Nintendo of America staff member has tested positive for the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:coronavirus, according to a report from Business Insider.

The🐲 Nintendo of America headquarters, located in Richmond, Washington (just outside of Seattle) was faced with a scare when it was discovered that one of their employees had tested positive for COVID-19, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus.

Business Insider 🎐reported that the staff member in question had been in contact with other staff members prior to receiving his results. The staff member's coworkers are💎 currently in self-quarantine.

No other identifying information🍃 about the employee in question has been revealed, thoug🐠h Nintendo's American headquarters are mostly focused on localization and marketing for their North American audience.

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The corona🔴virus was confirmed to reach Seattle only recently, with confirmed cases quickly rising from over 100.

Ni༺ntendo released a꧟n official statement on the situation, saying, ""

Just a week ago, on March 6, Kotaku reported that Nintendo was going to start letting employees work from home in light of the coronavirus. A rep from the company commented on the decision, say⛦ing, "”

Other gaming companies with headquarter offices located in Washington, such as Microsoft and Bungie,ꦿ have also enacted work fr🔯om home policies in response to coronavirus concerns and to prevent the spread of the virus.

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