Covid-19 Hits UOB

United Overseas Bank has confirmed a case of Covid-19 at Tower 2 of its UOB Plaza headquarters in Singapore.

The employee who tested positive for the coronavirus works in a non-customer facing role and was last in the office on 16 March, the bank said in a statement on Thursday.

He is currently under medical care, and colleagues with whom he had close contact are now on Leave of Absence until next week, and those who worked on the same floor are currently working from home, while monitoring their health for any flu-like symptoms, the statement said.

Meanwhile, UOB is conducting a thorough deep cleaning and disinfection of the entire floor and the common areas of UOB Plaza 2.

DBS was the first bank to evacuate its staff when a 62-year-old male employee at its Marina Bay Financial Center (MBFC) Tower 3 headquarters tested positive for Covid-19 in February.

Later that month, another of its employees was hit – this time a 35-year-old male staff member at its Ngee Ann City office on Orchard Road. He was in close contact with the first DBS employee infected, a spokesperson said.

The two have since recovered and have been discharged from the hospital.

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