Coronavirus case among employees at Block C of the Ministry of Finance in Adlieh

The Ministry of Finance issued a statement on Sunday, indicating that due to the diagnosis of one its employees working in Block C of its building located in the Adlieh area with the emerging Coronavirus, and since the aforementioned block includes both the Exchange and Treasury Directorates, the Ministry will have to suspend operations in both departments on Monday 24/8/2020, to perform the necessary sterilization process and conduct PCR examinations for its staff.

The statement added that the pension disbursement department will have to be closed for a period of 3 days, starting from 24/8/2020 until 26/8/2020, inclusively, for the same purpose.

Accordingly, the Finance Ministry urged all citizens who visited the above-mentioned departments during the past two weeks to undergo PCR tests in order to ensure that they did not contract the virus. It also called on them to adhere to the instructions issued by the Ministry of Public Health in this regard.

"The Finance Ministry affirms that the above-mentioned procedures will absolutely not affect the salaries and wages that will be transferred to the accredited banks in due time as usual," the statement reassured.