New Delhi:
Internet search giant Google on Tuesday said it has closed one of its offices in Hyderabad for two days after an employee was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus.
This is the first company in India to close office due to swine flu.
Confirming the move, a Google spokesperson said, "One of our contractual workers in Hyderabad has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. He has been hospitalised and is under full medical care. As a precautionary measure, we have closed the concerned office in Hyderabad for two days July 14th and 15th."
The person added that the company is taking all necessary steps, including sanitising of common areas, to protect the employees.
Google has shut its premises to sanitise the campus, located in Hyderabad's Hitec city area. The suspicion is that the one staffer may have passed it on to at least seven other employees who are now in the isolation ward at Hyderbad's Chest Hospital.
The office will be disinfected before it is reopened. So far 23 confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported from Hyderabad.
Google employs a small number of contractual people in the concerned Hyderabad centre, the person said declining to give the exact headcount of the centre.
However, Google added that there would be no impact on the operations.
"This is not the Google's main office in Hyderabad. This is a small centre with very few people. So there would be no impact on operations," Google said.
The total tally of swine flu patients countrywide is over 200.
This is the first company in India to close office due to swine flu.
Confirming the move, a Google spokesperson said, "One of our contractual workers in Hyderabad has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. He has been hospitalised and is under full medical care. As a precautionary measure, we have closed the concerned office in Hyderabad for two days July 14th and 15th."
The person added that the company is taking all necessary steps, including sanitising of common areas, to protect the employees.
Google has shut its premises to sanitise the campus, located in Hyderabad's Hitec city area. The suspicion is that the one staffer may have passed it on to at least seven other employees who are now in the isolation ward at Hyderbad's Chest Hospital.
The office will be disinfected before it is reopened. So far 23 confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported from Hyderabad.
Google employs a small number of contractual people in the concerned Hyderabad centre, the person said declining to give the exact headcount of the centre.
However, Google added that there would be no impact on the operations.
"This is not the Google's main office in Hyderabad. This is a small centre with very few people. So there would be no impact on operations," Google said.
The total tally of swine flu patients countrywide is over 200.
