HCL Tech Noida employee tests positive for Covid-19 on return to India

Staffer placed in isolation ward, firm follows prescribed protocols of sanitisation and contact tracing

An employee of India's third largest IT services firm HCL Technologies has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the company confirmed on Thursday.

"Unfortunately, one employee from our Noida office has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus while he was in self-isolation after his return from international travel and hence our office is following all government and heath advisory protocols. All prescribed protocols of sanitisation and contact tracing have been done. The employee is currently in an isolation ward and all measures are being taken to provide best medical care to him and support to