An employee at Uber Technologies and two former employees said that the company dismissed hundreds of employees at its offices in Egypt on Wednesday, while the company is making wider cuts in employment in light of the outbreak of the Corona virus. .

According to Reuters, the two employees who lost their jobs on Wednesday and the employee who kept her job, said that they were informed of the demobilization of about 40% of the employees in Uber offices in Egypt. p>

They added that the total number of employees was between 650 and 700.

This came as Uber announced that it would cut about 3,700 full-time jobs globally, which equated to 17% of its employees.

A company spokesperson declined to give details of the layoffs in Egypt, but said the changes included 46 countries in total.

Egypt, with a population of more than 100 million, is the largest market in the Middle East for taxi reservation services and was among the ten largest markets for Uber globally.