DBS Reports Second Staff Infected With Coronavirus
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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 said 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.
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.
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.
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.
Questions & Answers
Q.Where was the second DBS employee who tested positive for coronavirus working?
Where was the second DBS employee who tested positive for coronavirus working?
The latest patient, Case 77, was a staff member at DBS's Ngee Ann City office on Orchard Road. DBS Treasures has a branch on the fifth story of this property, which has been deep cleaned.
Q.What is the relationship between the two DBS employees who contracted the virus?
What is the relationship between the two DBS employees who contracted the virus?
Case 77 was a first-degree contact of Case 50, meaning he had been in close contact with the first infected DBS employee. Case 50 was a 62-year-old male working at Marina Bay Financial Centre.
Q.How does DBS identify individuals who might have been exposed to the virus?
How does DBS identify individuals who might have been exposed to the virus?
DBS uses a contact tracing framework combining physical interviews and data analytics. This allows the bank to trace contacts up to three degrees of separation from an infected individual.
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