Coronavirus scare reaches IT corridor in Hyd after one techie suspected for infection

coronavirus scare gripped IT corridor in Hyderabad on Wednesday with one building in a complex, housing software firms, being vacated for sanitisation for a day as a precautionary measure after an employee re was suspected to have contracted virus and or employees asked to work from home.

building being vacated triggered rumors, including on social media, about spread of virus, forcing authorities to clarify that operations in building would resume from Thursday.

State Principal Secretary (IT) Jayesh Ranjan said positive COVID-19 cases in country are those with travel history to foreign countries.

He said IT firm's office in which techie, who is suspected to have contracted virus, worked, is located on ninth floor of building concerned.

firm employed 350 people and about 23 were part of work group in which techie worked.

sample of employee concerned has been sent to National Institute of Virology at Pune.

re is truth in rumours that entire building complex was evacuated, Ranjan said.

All offices in building would resume working from Thursday, he said.

Observing that some IT firms which are t related to any sort of COVID-19 precautionary measures have also sent ir employees home on Wednesday, he said such steps are t warranted.

It would create a panic situation, he said.

It would be better if IT firms consulted government before initiating any such steps, Ranjan added.

Dismissing rumours about IT corridor being vacated, Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar said building concerned has been vacated only for a day for sanitisation and employees would resume working from Thursday.

Representative Im