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Coronavirus: India Inc steps up act to contain crisis as tally reaches 29

Across the country, companies have stepped up their act to contain the crisis. IT and other new economy firms seem to have taken a lead

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FMCG companies are also taking several precautionary measures to minimise employee exposure

BS Reporters Bengaluru/ Hyderabad/ New Delhi/ Mumbai
Mindspace IT Park, Hyderabad’s largest office hub spread over several acres, was a centre of panic on Wednesday as a techie tested positive for coronavirus. The complex, housing many marquee brands, caught on to the news in no time, prompting employers to send their staff home. 
 
An employee of Dutch company DSM Shared Services, the software professional had recently returned from an assignment in Italy. Hers was the second confirmed case of the virus in Telangana. “Our thoughts are with our colleague, who is doing relatively well and is being treated in quarantine,” the company said in an internal e-mail. 

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