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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that some employees will have the option to work from home permanently, a move that highlights how the the novel coronavirus has fueled a shift to remote work for some of the world’s largest tech companies.

In an internal employee town hall meeting livestreamed on Facebook, Zuckerberg said the company is going to aggressively open up remote hiring, coupled with a “more measured approach to opening permanent remote work for existing employees.” 

Over the next five to 10 years, about half of Facebook’s workers could be remote, Zuckerberg said, adding that there are “a lot…