Three Biogen Workers Test Positive for New Coronavirus After Boston Meeting

A sign for biotechnology company, Biogen, Inc. is seen on a building in Cambridge, Mass., on March 18, 2017. Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images

Three workers at the U.S.-based Biogen Inc. tested positive for the new coronavirus after attending a meeting in Boston, the company said.

The Massachusetts-based drugmaker said in a statement that some of its employees reported flu-like symptoms after the meeting in Boston last week. Three of the patients tested positive for the new virus, which causes a disease called COVID-19, while others were diagnosed with the flu.