Covid-19: Panic Grips J&K Bank After 27 Employees In Corporate Headquarters Test Positive

As many as 27 staff members tested positive for Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s corporate headquarters while test results of two more batches of employees are yet to be given.

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Srinagar: Panic has gripped Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s corporate headquarters in Srinagar after 27 staff members tested positive for coronavirus while test results of two more batches of employees are still awaited.  Officials at the J&K Bank Corporate Headquarters while confirming the testing, said that 27 employees have so far tested positive at J&K Bank’s corporate headquarters in Srinagar. The J&K Bank management has also decided that all offices at corporate headquarters will remain closed on Friday except the offices of the vice presidents. Jammu and Kashmir Bank had conducted mass testing of its employees in the corporate headquarters after some staff members had turned positive. The batch result of the first group has been received, while the test reports of two other batches are still awaited. After the detection, J&K Bank management has closed three floors and two sections outside the headquarters for sensitisation work and directed employees to stay home. The J&K management however said service operations, Payment and settlement, Govt and Treasury Operations will continue to operate and staff in their departments will work from home for continuity of business operations. Meanwhile, the death toll due to Covid-19 has crossed 150-mark in Jammu and Kashmir as two more patients from the Valley died on Thursday in two hospitals. WATCH | BJP leader killed in terrorist attack in J&K's Bandipora