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Posted By: pheasant
Subject: Second London office sends staff home over suspect
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 10:05am

Second London office sends staff home over suspected coronavirus

26 February 2020, 17:22 | Updated: 26 February 2020, 18:02
A second London office has been closed over coronavirus fears
A second London office has been closed over coronavirus fears. Picture: Google

By Kate Buck
@Katebuck96

A second office in London has sent all of its staff home over fears of the coronavirus.

Workers at OMD Media, based in Fitzrovia, were sent home earlier today.

In a statement, the company said: " Earlier today, we became aware of an employee showing flu like symptoms, who had returned a few days ago from a trip to Australia with a flight connection through Singapore.

"As a precautionary measure, and until definitive results of the employee’s coronavirus test is confirmed, we are asking OMG employees at our Fitzrovia offices to immediately work from home.

"OMG UK employees have been informed that, whilst the risk of the test being positive is minimal, every precaution is being taken to protect their health and wellbeing.

"We will continue to monitor the situation and follow the guidance provided from the Government and expect to reopen these offices on Monday pending the results."

Earlier today it was revealed US oil firm Chevron told 300 staff at its City HQ to work from home after one employee who had recently returned from an affected area reported flu-like symptoms.

The worker has been sent for testing, according to the Financial Times.The firm’s staff based at the Canary Wharf office will work from home until the results are known.

The company said it would “continue to monitor the situation very closely, utilising the guidance of international and local health authorities” and it was “taking precautionary measures to reduce their risk of exposure”.

Meanwhile, schools across the UK have closed to protect against coronavirus, despite health officials recommending that they should stay open.

At least six have closed, while others have sent pupils home amid fears they may have been exposed to coronavirus during trips to northern Italy.

But Public Health England (PHE) said that its general advice is not to close schools.

The closures come after travellers returning to the UK from northern Italy were told they may need to self-isolate as part of measures to stop the spread of illness.

Fears are intensifying over the spread of coronavirus in Europe as France reported its second death and the number of people in Italy with the virus continues to climb.

Authorities in Italy have reported that the number of people infected in the country grew to 322, or up 45% in 24 hours, and 11 people have now died.

Austria, Croatia and Switzerland also reported their first cases linked to the outbreak in Italy, while Spain and France recorded new ones, also involving people who had been to northern Italy.

France recorded its second death, a 60-year-old Frenchman who died in a Paris hospital.

The first positive test in South America has also been recorded in a 61-year-old Brazilian man who had recently been to northern Italy.

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Posted By: Pixie
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 10:40am

bThe footage shows a man coughingefore collapsing in Canary Wharf, raising fears of the deadly coronavirus. The video, obtained by the Daily Star, shows a man on his hands and knees coughing, with workers crowding around him. The man appears to have removed his jacket as he covered his mouth during the incident.

Images also show the man lying on the ground inside the busy shopping center.A security guard also appears to be walking near the man while he coughs - as some bystanders quickly pass by.

The incident allegedly took place on Monday around 6:20 p.m.

A source told the Daily Star, "I was sitting at Caffe Nero and suddenly a man started coughing very hard.

"He looked really sick and you can hear all these chest coughs, the people walking past him literally ran away. "

A Canary Wharf Group statement said, "We have no evidence to suggest that it is related to the coronavirus.

"There has not yet been a confirmed case of coronavirus in the Canary Wharf area.

"However, we are monitoring the situation carefully and taking precautionary measures where possible, for example, we have placed additional hand sanitizers in our public spaces and shopping centers."

The images are likely to heighten fears in the capital, with some London Canary Wharf offices closing on Wednesday while an employee awaits test results for the virus.

More than 300 personnel from the US oil company Chevron have been sent home after an employee reported flu symptoms when he returned from a country with a coronavirus.

Merchants, exploration and refining staff were assigned to work from home until the test results determined whether the employee had the virus.

The office is located at 1 Westferry Circus in Canary Wharf, London.

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