Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Others to Meet With White House Over Coronavirus

Executives from Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) will meet with the White House on Wednesday to discuss how the industry can respond to the growing novel-coronavirus outbreak. 

With the number of reported cases in the U.S. surging past 1,000, the Trump Administration is increasing its efforts to contain the spread of the virus. A spokesperson from the Office of Science and Technology Policy told Politico representatives from the companies will appear in person or via a teleconference to devise a coordinated response. U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios is expected to head up the meeting. It wasn't clear if officials from the White House or from other government agencies will take part in the meeting. 

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