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Singapore’s Financial Center under imminent Corona threat

Singapore Marina Bay

At least one employee of an unnamed company in Singapore’s Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower-1 and another one from nearby Clifford Centre has tested positive for 2019-nCoV – Corona Virus.

The Marina Bay building include offices of Standard Chartered bank, Baker & McKenzie, Raffles Quay Asset Management, Societe Generale, and Wellington Management Company. The Clifford center houses The Clifford Center too is in the heart of the business District.

The authoroties moved in quickly, disinfected both the locations but the implications are far greater.

The corporates on their part are activating their business conyinuity plans and workers are being told to report in shifts or work from home.

The Ministry Of Health is conducting contact tracing to identify individuals who had close contact with the confirmed cases of novel coronavirus with its Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) remaining in the second highest level – Orange.

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