World Coronavirus Dispatch: Japan's Fujitsu to cut office space by 50%

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One of Japan’s largest employers plans to cut office space by 50 per cent: Fujitsu said it will cut its office space in Japan by half over the next three years, encouraging 80,000 office workers to primarily work from home in what it termed a “Work Life Shift for the new normal.” The move represents a global shift where corporates are giving up offices for a more permanent work-from-home model. Read more here

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 11,272,342


Change Over Yesterday: 185,651


Total Deaths: 534,460


Total Recovered: 6,184,146

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