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Google, Twitter and Facebook will continue to pay hourly workers who can’t do their jobs remotely even as big technology companies urge their full-time staff to work from home in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The three companies have large presences in the San Francisco Bay Area, where more than 20 cases of the respiratory disease have been reported. Microsoft, based in the Seattle area. another center of the disease in the US, made a similar decision on Thursday as it encouraged full-time staff to work from home.

Like many companies, tech firms provide employees with perks, such as cafes, shuttle buses and other services. Staffing needs for those jobs, which can’t be done remotely, are…