(Yicai Global) Feb.27 - Nestle, the world's largest food and drinks maker, today asked its workers to avoid travel for business reasons until March 15 amid concerns over the spread of Covid-19.

Nestle has 291,000 workers worldwide and was one of the first multinational to ban its staff from traveling because of the virus. It told employees not to travel to and from China on Feb. 5.

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