Financial firms step up fight against spread of coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a Deutsche Bank office in London, Britain July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo
Barclays told staff on Tuesday that a trading floor employee in its Midtown Manhattan office tested positive for the virus and told employees who worked near or met with the individual to self-quarantine, according to a memo seen by Reuters. A BlackRock employee in its 40 East 52nd Street office in New York informed the company on Monday evening that they had been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to a spokesman. The employee had no symptoms, but the company did a deep clean and close colleagues were told to work from home for 14 days, the spokesman said.
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