An entire department of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) is at home in quarantine after a colleague returned from the US with probable swine flu.
According to The Telegraph, a spokesman for the financial regulator confirmed yesterday (Sunday) the male employee is awaiting the outcome of medical tests for the disease. "He was in the office for just one day after his return," she said. "Since it is a probable case the Health Protection Agency advises that it is treated as if it is a confirmed case, so we have sent 10 colleagues home." The disease has a seven day incubation period, but it is understood that none of the 10 employees, who work in the FSA's main office in Canary Wharf, are currently exhibiting any symptoms. The spoke...
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