Steelmakers such as SAIL, Tata Steel and AMNS have sought self-declaration from their employees regarding travel history to virus-affected countries as part of steps to check the spread of highly contagious coronavirus.
From banning large gatherings at their offices and facilities to avoiding domestic and abroad travel, and encouraging work from home, steelmakers are taking several precautionary steps to protect its employees amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the steel companies said.
State-owned firms SAIL and RINL, as well as private steel makers like Tata Steel, JSW Steel, JSPL, and AMNS, have put certain restrictions at their offices and manufacturing plants across India and abroad to contain the spread of the virus.
Tata Steel said it has asked its employees with overseas travel history either for self or any of their family members, especially to countries like China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Thailand, Singapore, Iran, Malaysia, France, Spain and Germany over the last 14 days to undergo self-imposed quarantine for 14 days