NTT urges 200,000 employees to work from home as virus spreads

Japan's businesses disinfect buses and train stations to stop outbreak

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Passengers wear masks Feb. 14 on a train in Tokyo. Japan has one of the highest number of coronavirus patients worldwide after China. © Reuters

TAKUYA IMAI and MASASHI ISAWA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The Nippon Telegraph & Telephone group is telling employees to avoid commuting during rush hour or simply work from home starting Monday, as the telecom giant tries to protect staffers from the growing coronavirus outbreak in the country.

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