{"id":1561,"date":"2020-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https://vikingjohnson.com/sr/coronavirus-update/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:10:02","slug":"coronavirus-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.vikingjohnson.com/sr/coronavirus-update/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Update &#8211; 26th March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\tFollowing recent statements by the Prime Minister regarding the spread and threat of Covid-19, whilst there are challenges, we are continuing to support infrastructure providers in the supply of components critical to maintaining the essential supply of clean and waste water services and gas to householders, businesses and public organisations around the world.</p>\n<p>\n\tOur manufacturing facility in Hitchin continues to be fully operational. All staff, where they are able to, are now working from home and whilst working remotely, can be contacted in the normal ways.</p>\n<p>\n\tThe health of our associates and customers is paramount and we are committed to playing our part in preventing the spread of the virus. New practices have been implemented at our manufacturing and distribution sites and we are observing strict social distancing policies and deliveries are contingent on our customers upholding these guidelines.</p>\n<p>\n\tFirstly, we want you to know that supporting our customers and associates is our number one priority right now. We&#8217;re working really hard to make sure we’re here to help when you need us the most. </p>\n<p>\n\tWe are a valued and responsible partner in the Global Water, Wastewater and Gas Utility sectors; as such we are making every effort to mitigate the impact and the effect of such eventualities as we help the world to recover.</p>\n<p>\n\tWe want to reassure you that we remain focussed on supporting your needs in these difficult times</p>\n<p>\n<strong>If you need to contact us call one the direct line number below – we are here to help between 8.30 &#8211; 5:00pm</strong></p>\n<p>\n<strong>Telephone : 01462 443134 </strong></p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following recent statements by the Prime Minister regarding the spread and threat of Covid-19, whilst there are challenges, we are&#8230;</p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https://yoast.com/product/yoast-seo-wordpress/ -->\n<title>Coronavirus Update - 26th March 2020 - Viking Johnson</title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" />\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https://www.vikingjohnson.com/sr/coronavirus-update/\" />\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sr_RS\" />\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" />\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coronavirus Update - 26th March 2020 - Viking Johnson\" />\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following recent statements by the Prime Minister regarding the spread and threat of Covid-19, whilst there are challenges, we are...\" />\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https://www.vikingjohnson.com/sr/coronavirus-update/\" />\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Viking Johnson\" />\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-27T00:00:00+00:00\" />\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-02T09:10:02+00:00\" />\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https://www.vikingjohnson.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/coronavirus-update.jpg\" />\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"430\" />\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"254\" />\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image/jpeg\" />\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Viking Johnson\" />\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" />\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" />\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Viking Johnson\" />\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" />\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" />\n<script type=\"application/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\/\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\/\\/www.vikingjohnson.com\\/coronavirus-update\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\/\\/www.vikingjohnson.com\\/coronavirus-update\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Viking Johnson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\/\\/www.vikingjohnson.com\\/#\\/schema\\/person\\/be673519f915e7420b14c76ae15af0f8\"},\"headline\":\"Coronavirus Update &#8211; 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