A sense of panic has gripped bank employees with no letup in COVID-19 cases, with some of them contracting the virus, and customers preferring branch banking to the safe and convenient digital alternatives. It is scary, is how bankers sought to sum up the situation for the employees, particularly those in customer facing tasks. The estimated number of bank employees in Telangana who tested positive for COVID-19 has been put at two hundred, if not more. This means strain on banks as branches whose employees contract the virus have to close down for 2-3 days and get the premises sanitised. It had initiated similar measures at many of its branches, sources said, adding that a few employees had died of COVID-19.

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2020 17:59 UTC