Another staff of DBS has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a media report.
This time around, the latest patient is based in one of the bank’s satellite offices, a DBS spokesman told the «Business Times» (article behind paywall) in Singapore, without disclosing the location. The new case - Case 77 – is understood to be a staff at DBS’s Ngee Ann City office on Orchard Road, according to a report by «Today».
DBS Treasures has a branch on the fifth story of the property. «This satellite office has been deep cleaned as per MOH and National Environmental Agency guidelines,» the spokesman added. Case 50 involved a 62-year-old male DBS employee who works at Tower 3 of Marina Bay Financial Centre.
Two More New Cases
Case 77 was a first-degree contact, which means he was «in close contact» with the first DBS employee infected, Case 50, the spokesman added.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) had announced two more cases in Singapore on Monday evening, with one of them being Case 77, a 35-year-old Singaporean man with no recent travel history to China.
Framework For Contact Tracing
The affected office space and floor in Tower A have been cordoned off, and common areas such as lifts and toilets are being deep-cleaned and disinfected.
The DBS spokesman said the bank has a framework for contact tracing, which is done through a mix of physical interviews and data analytics. «Through this, we are able to contact-trace up to three degrees of separation,» said the spokesperson.
