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HSBC evacuates Canary Wharf office after confirmed coronavirus case

Entire research team evacuated; in separate incident, bank sent 20 members of global banking team home on Wednesday in precautionary move

HSBC evacuates Canary Wharf office after confirmed coronavirus case
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HSBC has evacuated part of its Canary Wharf office after a confirmed case of coronavirus, following at least two false alarms at the bank's London headquarters in the last seven days.

The UK bank cleared its research department on Thursday morning after an analyst contracted the Covid-19 virus.

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