Surat: Six employees of ICICI Bank’s Sahara Darwaja Branch in Surat tested Covid-19 positive on Thursday, taking the number of Covid-19 positive bank employees to 33. Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) team conducted rapid antigen testing of the bank employees.
According to the SMC officials, they have been testing bank employees across the city for Covid-19 for the last one week as they come into contact of large number of customers.
“In the last one week, a total of 33 bank employees have tested Covid-19 positive which include 20 employees of People’s Bank located in Parsi Sheri in Central zone and seven employees of Bank of Baroda’s Salabatpura branch. We have asked the bank employees to take necessary precautions and ensure that customers also follow covid-19 guidelines as well,” said an SMC official.
The SMC teams have been testing people engaged in different professions who come into contact of large number of people and isolate them so that they do not spread the virus further.