Coronavirus: DBS Bank evacuates 300 as staffer tests positive

DBS evacuated 300 employees from Tower 3 of Singapore’s Marina Bay Finance Centre, after an employee tested positive for coronavirus. It comes as banks across the region re-examine worst-case scenarios as the pathogen spreads.

People enter Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, where DBS headquarters is situated in Singapore, on Wednesday

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DBS Bank is the first lender directly to be impacted by the growing threat from coronavirus.

On Wednesday, the Singapore-based lender said a staff member tested the previous day was infected with the pathogen.

On the stroke of noon, all 300 employees working on floor 43 of Marina Bay Finance Centre’s (MBFC) Tower 3 were told to vacate the premises, and work from home.

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