Gurgaon Paytm employee tests positive for Covid-19

BENGALURU: A Paytm employee in Gurugram has tested positive for Covid-19.

The employee had returned from a personal trip to Italy earlier this week. “One of our colleagues based out of Gurugram office who recently returned from Italy post a vacation has sadly been tested positive for Coronavirus. He is receiving appropriate treatment,” a Paytm spokesperson said. He has been admitted in Safdarjung Hospital.

Paytm’s headquarters in Noida, as well as its office in Gurugram, will be closed for a few days to decontaminate the workplace.


The company clarified that this will not impact its daily operations and Paytm services will continue as usual. “As a precautionary measure, we have suggested his team members to get health tests done immediately. We have also advised all our colleagues to work from home for a couple of days while we get our offices sanitised,” the spokesperson said.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases spiked to 28 on Wednesday in India, of these 16 are Italians while 12 are Indian nationals.