{"id":23436,"date":"2020-03-10T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-ames-mandating-telework-after-employee-tested-positive-for-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T19:00:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T11:00:34","slug":"nasa-ames-mandating-telework-after-employee-tested-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-ames-mandating-telework-after-employee-tested-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Ames mandating telework after employee tested positive for coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week NASA conducted a nationwide voluntary telework test run to discover technological and connectivity issues before a theoretical mandate is required.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, a NASA employee at Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley tested positive the coronavirus. As a precaution, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has placed the facility on \u201cmandatory telework status with restricted access to the center until further notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the administrator\u2019s full statement:<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn Sunday, March 8, we received confirmation an employee at NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). We believe the exposure at the center has been limited, but \u2014 out of an abundance of caution, and in consultation with Ames\u2019 Center Director Eugene Tu, NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer Dr. J.D. Polk, and in accordance to agency response plans \u2014 Ames Research Center is temporarily on mandatory telework status with restricted access to the center until further notice.<\/p>\n

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