Auditors Prepare for Virus Travel, Reporting Disruptions (1)

U.S. auditors are taking steps to ensure that they can continuing working with their clients amid supply chain and staffing shortages related to the coronavirus overseas, and are dusting off contingency plans and urging staff to limit travel as a precaution.

The outbreak hit home this week for the accounting profession after a Deloitte LLP staffer in the U.K. was hospitalized with the coronavirus disease. The firm temporarily closed a floor in one of its London offices for “deep cleaning” after the diagnosis, and the space has since reopened to staff, Deloitte said.

So far, the market disruptions aren’t affecting ...