Covid-19: BOST Closed Down As 46 Workers Test Positive
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited has announced the closure of its head office at Dzorwulu after 46 employees tested positive for the novel Coronavirus.
Following the development, all employees of BOST at the head office have been directed to work from their various homes.
Expectedly, Staff who have tested positive for the virus are to begin an immediate self-isolation, according to BOST.
The cases were detected after a mass testing of staff was conducted at the head office.
“The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited would like to announce for the information of the general public that it has closed down its head office at Dzorwulu in the Ayawaso West Municipality from Monday, 6th July to Monday, 13th July 2020.
“This has become necessary due to a mass testing of staff carried out by the company at the head office in the wake of a staff of the IT department testing positive for the virus. After the mass testing, a number of staff tested positive and arrangements are being made for their treatment,” a statement from the Corporate Communications Department of BOST said.
The company has given the assurance that the development will not “negatively impact the operations of the company since all staff have the needed facilities and enhancements to work from home within the period.”
BOST further said its head office will be fumigated to “Ensure the safety of staff is not compromised when work resumes.”
Source: firstnewsroom.com|RichardObengBediako|Ghana
