Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc. became the latest major U.S. company to suspend production to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, a move that will affect about 2,000 employees at its U.S. factories.

The Milwaukee-based company HOG, -2.05% said that one of its workers contracted the disease at its factory in Menomonee Falls, Wisc. and the company is suspending production at its factories from Wednesday evening through March 29.