Tesla to reduce number of workers at California plant by 75%

The American company Tesla will reduce by about 75% the number of work shifts at its factory in Fremont, subject to the order of the county authorities on measures to limit the spread of coronavirus. This is reported by Bloomberg on March 18. According to the representative of the District Police of Alamida County (California) Ray Kelly, they had a conversation with the management of Tesla in a positive way, from which it follows that the company intends to comply with the order of local authorities and reduce the number of workers leaving at a time in a shift at the assembly plant in Fremont, from about 10 thousand to 2.5 thousand people. Recall, in the district of Alamida according to the data on March 18, the number of infected with the new coronavirus exceeded 30 people. According to the news agency, on March 18, due to the threat of COVID-19, the decision to suspend all indoor shopping and entertainment centers on its territory was taken by the authorities of the American states of New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey.