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Get back to the office, British minister says

Workers walk to work during the morning rush hour in the financial district of Canary Wharf in London, Britain, January 26, 2017. [Reuters]

People should get back to the office to benefit from in-person collaboration because the world must learn to live with the coronavirus after a pandemic that has wiped trillions of dollars off global output, Britain’s business minister said on Friday.

After the novel coronavirus emerged in China in late 2019, work-from-home instructions across the world emptied office towers from Manhattan to Canary Wharf leaving millions toiling from home.

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