Coronavirus: UK company tells employees to work from home over outbreak fears

A woman wears a facemask on the London Underground amid concerns over the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Staff at a central London office have been told to work from home as a 'precaution' amid the coronavirus outbreak after an employee returned from a trip abroad with 'flu-like' symptoms.

Reports say OMD staff were sent home 'immediately' today from one of OMD UK's central London offices after an employee returned from a trip to Australia and Singapore and began feeling unwell.