Banque du Caire Shuts Down After Employees Contract Coronavirus

Chairman & CEO at Banque du Caire Tarek Fayed announced on Saturday the closure of the bank's Talaat Harb  branch after two employees tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).

According to Fayed, the bank will perform complete sterilization operations for the branch’s headquarters for 3 consecutive days, and a medical test will be conducted on all branch employees to ensure their safety, confirming the bank’s keenness to provide its services to customers through the nearest branch in downtown Cairo.

Another prominent bank in Egypt "Banque Misr" also announced  that 4 of its employees tested positive for the virus at Al Badrashin brach last month, in addition to others in it main headquarters in Nasrcity.

Bank Audi also confirmed a COVID case in its Salah Salem's branch at the end of last month.

Fayed also stressed the the bank takes all necessary procedures that take into account the highest protection standards for workers and customers through ensuring the use of protective masks and sterilization tools in all branches, in addition to providing medical gloves on ATMs.

This is in addition to the keenness to organize internal and external meetings through conference calls to achieve social distancing, in addition to postponing internal training and activating the e-Learning system instead.

Banque du Caire continues to carry out sterilization operations for all branches

The bank’s procedures have extended to include launching extensive awareness campaigns among workers to face the current crisis by publishing banners in all the bank’s branches, including sending electronic messages to workers periodically to educate them about the means of prevention and guidelines to be followed to avoid contacting the virus.

Fayed concluded that Banque du Caire continues to carry out sterilization operations for all the bank’s departments and branches  in the various governorates, stressing that the precautionary measures are at the forefront of the bank’s priorities in line with the state’s precautionary measures to maintain the stability of the banking sector.