The COVID-19 pandemic is now severely affecting Volvo Cars in many ways, in the form of a weakening market, a risk for production disruption as well as concerns for the employees.

The company's primary focus is the health and safety of all employees, in which precautionary measures and travel restrictions have already been taken.

Now, there is a need to further reduce the spread of the virus by going into a period of social distancing. This means production closures, working from home and taking more personal precautions. The Belgium plant will remain closed until 5 April 2020. The Swedish and U.S.A plants will be closed between 26 March 2020 and 14 April 2020.