“I hope everyone will participate, from our first-rate employees to senior management”, said the company’s president, Augustus Tang, in a video statement released online.
The move is justified by Cathay Pacific’s management with the impact of the new coronavirus outbreak on the carrier’s operation, which had already seen its revenues affected in 2019 by the successive waves of protests from the pro-democracy movement.
In the message to Cathay professionals, Augustus Tang admits that the company faced “the most difficult Chinese New Year holidays in its history”. “And we don’t know how long it will last,” he added..
Here’s the video message from CEO Augustus Tanghttps://t.co/Xhh6vvdI6f
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Chinese authorities this Wednesday updated the number of deaths from the coronavirus to 490. In the last 24 hours alone, 64 more people died.The World Health Organization declared last Thursday the emergency situation of international public health, which includes prevention and coordination measures on a global scale.
2019-nCoV has infected more than 24,300 people since its detection in December.
The outbreak of viral pneumonia began in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, in central mainland China. The city remains under quarantine.
In addition to the mainland of China and the special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong, there are cases of coronavirus infection in more than 20 countries.
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