Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has temporarily shut down operations of its three factories as several employees in those plants have been tested positive for COVID-19. The three factories are located at Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh, Haridwar in Uttrakhand and one in West Bengal, and around 5,000 people were employed there.
HUL is India's largest Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company with its products touching the lives of nine out of ten households in the country.