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ARY closes Islamabad office after eight employees test positive for COVID-19
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 27 April 2020
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ARY News has shut down its Islamabad office following eight positive COVID-19 cases among its employees. All staff have been advised to remain at home while tests are conducted.Summary
ISLAMABAD—ARY News shut down its Islamabad office on Monday after eight employees tested positive for COVID-19, the network’s founder and CEO said.
Salman Iqbal announced on Twitter that as a precautionary measure, 20 random tests were done out of which eight came out positive with two showing symptoms.
He said that all staff had been asked to stay at home. Every staff member will undergo tests, he said.
On Monday, a senior journalist and a former president of the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) employees' union died of coronavirus.
Last Friday, the APP shut down its offices in Islamabad for three days after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.
As a precautionary measure random testing was done in ARY Isb office ,8 reported positive out of 20 tests, 2 have shown symptoms.We have closed our isb office ,all staff will be tested and office to be sanitised.Till all staff is tested employees have been asked to stay at home.
— Salman Iqbal ARY (@Salman_ARY) April 27, 2020
Key Points
- Eight ARY employees tested positive for COVID-19 in Islamabad.
- All staff members have been asked to stay at home during testing.
- The office will undergo sanitization as a precautionary measure.
- Salman Iqbal announced random testing after symptoms appeared.
- This follows a trend with other media organizations also facing COVID-19 cases.
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