Daily Times

The Shahdin Manzil branch has been cordoned off and the area is being cleaned after multiple employees working there are suspected to have coronavirus.

Moreover, the staff has been advised to quarantine themselves and get tested. According to our sources, a pregnant employee in silk bank was called on duty. Moreover, one of the staff members at UBL Bakr Mandi was tested positive for COVID-19, yet the bank administration failed in taking adequate measures to maintain social distancing, as the branch continued to have the routine business dealing with a regular influx of customers.

Despite restricted working hours in Habib Metro Bank i.e 10 am to 4.30 pm, employees are forced to work till 6 and 7 pm in Multan.

Scores of bank branches are closed worldwide and others have restricted opening hours as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Several area banks and credit unions are temporarily closing branches and limiting service to drive-thru only amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Notably, Daily Times has been putting up this issue since the beginning of the pandemic crisis. However, despite trying to reach respective authorities through social media, no response was given and seeing the aforementioned situation, it can be presumed that adequate measures were not taken to protect the banking staff from the COVID-19 outspread.