Google India employee from Bengaluru has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The company has asked colleagues he came in touch with to quarantine themselves.

In a statement to Moneycontrol, Google said, "We can confirm that an employee from our Bangalore office has been diagnosed with COVID-19. They were in one of our Bangalore offices for a few hours before developing any symptoms. The employee has been on quarantine since then, and we have asked colleagues who were in close contact with the employee to quarantine themselves and monitor their health.”

“Out of an abundance of caution, we are asking employees in that Bangalore office to work from home tomorrow. We have taken and will continue to take all necessary precautionary measures, following the advice of public health officials, as we prioritize everyone's health and safety,” the statement added.

The employee was working at the Google India office at RMZ Infinity. RMZ Corp, which owns RMZ Infinity, said in a statement, "We hereby confirm that an employee of Google, has been tested positive for Coronavirus and he was working within the premises of RMZ Infinity."

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"We have been working very closely with Google and have taken on sanitisation and fumigation procedures at RMZ Infinity in the interest of mitigation. All other offices in the premises have been apprised of the situation and the necessary safety measures have been taken so as to help them in the best way possible. RMZ will continue to demonstrate our belief that health and wellness are crucial to the dynamics of the workspace," the statement further added.

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After Mindtree and Dell, this makes this third tech firm to have employee diagnosed with COVID-19.

So far, Karnataka has five confirmed cases of Coronavirus and its first death, a 76-year-old from Kalburgi, Karnataka. In India total number of cases have gone up to 81 and globally it is 133,000.