Boeing Suspending Production at Washington State Facilities Due to COVID-19 Spread

The Boeing 737 factory is seen in Renton, Washington, on Dec. 16, 2019. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Boeing is suspending production at its Washington state facilities because of the spread of COVID-19, the new disease caused by the virus that emerged in China last year.

Operations at all sites across the Puget Sound area will shut down on March 25 and last for two weeks, Boeing said on Monday. The company is the largest private employer in the state.