OCBC Bank on Thursday confirmed that one of its staff was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus.
A staff of OCBC, who works at its office on 65 Chulia Street, has been diagnosed on Tuesday, according to a report in «Business Times» (behind paywall).
«We are giving our colleague and our colleague's family the best possible support," said Koh Ching Ching, the bank's head of group brand and communications.
Separated As Precautionary Measure
The employee was last known to be working in the office on Feb 28 and had fallen ill a few days after. Since then, the staff has not been back in the office, the lender said in response to media queries.
Steps to disinfect and clean common areas have also been completed, while colleagues of the affected employee are now working from home as part of precautionary measures, the bank added.
