Singapore braces for worst as coronavirus cases emerge in finance hub

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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s coronavirus outbreak has spread to its financial centre, with some staff 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, according to an advisory to tenants in the building where UIC is located.

There are 43 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Singapore -- the largest number of infections outside China, excluding a quarantined cruise ship in Japan. Of the total, 22 cases are locally transmitted infections, according to the city-state’s health ministry. Standard Chartered Plc is the anchor tenant at Tower 1, leasing the lion’s share of the 33-story building that has 620,000 square feet. The UK bank declined to comment whether the virus case comes from among its employees.

 

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