Experts have warned the crisis has the potential to worsen in the coming weeks.
About 8,300 miles east of Wall Street, on a stretch of Bangalore s Outer Ring Road, sits what was once the heart of the global financial industry s back office.
Before the pandemic, this cluster of glass-and-steel towers housed thousands of employees at firms like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and UBS Group AG who played critical roles in everything from risk management to customer service and compliance.
Now the buildings are eerily empty. And with case counts soaring across Bangalore and much of India, work-from-home arrangements that have sustained Wall Street s back-office operations for months are coming under intense strain. A growing number of employees are either sick or scrambling to find critical medical supplies such as oxygen for relatives or friends.
Complete lockdown in Karnataka from May 10-24; CM says Covid-19 cases rising, corona curfew failed
The Karnataka government has imposed a complete lockdown for 14 days. The lockdown will start at 6 am on May 10 and end at 6 am on May 24.
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UPDATED: May 8, 2021 02:07 IST
Covid-19 cases have rapidly increased in Karnataka in the past two weeks with a majority of them being reported from Bengaluru. (Representational image) (Photo: PTI)
The Karnataka government has decided to impose a 14-day complete lockdown in the state to check the spread of Covid-19 cases. Announcing the decision Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said the state government had to impose a lockdown because the corona curfew failed to achieve its objectives.
14-day quarantine must for those coming to Delhi from Andhra, Telangana over new Covid strain
The Delhi government has announced that all those coming to the city from Andhra Pradesh or Telangana will have to undergo 14-day institutional quarantine as a precaution against a new virulent variant of Covid-19 .
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UPDATED: May 7, 2021 00:05 IST
The Delhi government on Thursday announced that all those coming to the city from Andhra Pradesh or Telangana will have to undergo mandatory 14-day institutional quarantine. (Photo: PTI file)
All those coming to Delhi from Andhra Pradesh or Telangana by bus, train, flight, car, truck or any mode of transportation will have to mandatorily undergo 14 days of quarantine at an institutional or paid facility as a precaution against a new virulent strain of Covid-19 that has reportedly been found in these states.