Viral infection: Commercial buildings stand illuminated at night in the central business district of Singapore. Screening checkpoints have been set up at several towers after the coronavirus was detected. — Bloomberg
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s coronavirus outbreak has spread to its financial centre, with some employees at major companies being told to work from home for at least the next few days and temperature screening checkpoints set up at the front doors of several towers.
A worker at an unnamed firm in Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 has been confirmed as being infected with the virus over the weekend, according to a circular to tenants by the building’s manager Raffles Quay Asset Management Pte. Another case at nearby Clifford Centre, in the heart of the central business district, is an employee of United Industrial Corp (UIC), according to an advisory to tenants in the building where UIC is located.
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