Toyota has extended the shutdown for all of its North American plants.

The company announced Wednesday the plants would be shut down Monday and Tuesday with the Georgetown plant also closing on Saturday, which was a planned production day.

On Thursday, TMMK spokesperson Rick Hesterberg told WKYT that the shutdown has been extended to 10 days, beginning Monday.

Toyota said Wednesday the shutdown was a production adjustment due to the anticipation of a decline in market demand due to the economic impact of COVID-19.

Toyota says a thorough cleaning of its facilities will also be done during the shutdown.

Toyota said moving forward they will also implement further steps to keep employees safe during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Steps include limiting the number of people team members are exposed to by reducing shift overlap and cleaning between shifts. They will also be implementing social distancing where possible, such as changing the layout of break rooms so people won't be near each other.

We're told team members will get paid for the days they aren’t working.