Financial Firms Around The World Ramp Up Contingency Plans As Coronavirus Hits

Banks and other large financial companies in major cities across the world ramped up their emergency measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus on Tuesday, with Barclays Plc BARC.L and BlackRock Inc BLK.N confirming one case in their New York offices.The steps including telling staff who had been exposed to someone with the virus to self-quarantine for 14 days, splitting operations so that some staff work from home or back-up locations and deep cleaning offices.
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