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Lockdown? We don’t need no stinkin’ lockdown!

That’s the message from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who will continue to operate the electric-car maker’s Fremont, Calif. factory on Tuesday as the San Francisco Bay Area begins a three-week lockdown in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Tesla-centric blog Elektrek.

In an internal memo on Monday, Musk told employees he was not aware of any worker who had tested positive for the virus, and urged them to stay home if they felt the “slightest bit ill or even uncomfortable,” according to Reuters.

Tesla’s Alameda County factory employs more than 10,000 workers and rolls out more than 400,000 vehicles annually. Alameda County is subject to northern California’s “shelter in place” order, which limits travel and socialization for the next three weeks.

The nearly 7-million people affected by the order are required to stay home unless they work at a business that provides “essential” services, such as a grocery store or pharmacy, or at a utility provider.

Tesla was declared an “essential business” by Alameda county, a county spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times.

The Alameda County public health department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The locked-down Bay Area had 273 coronavirus infections as of Monday, including six deaths. The virus has infected more than 180,000 people around the world and killed over 7,500.

Tesla’s factory remaining open comes just a day after the company revealed that it delivered its first Model Y crossover model, months ahead of its original schedule.