Feb 16 (Reuters) - British product quality testing firm
Intertek Group Plc said on Sunday it had temporarily
shut its Hong Kong Garment Centre in Kowloon from Feb. 11 for
two weeks after an employee contracted the new coronavirus.
Intertek said the employee was under observation in
hospital. Its operations in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong had resumed
work on Jan. 29. after the Lunar New Year holiday.
"We have taken immediate action to minimise the impact on
our customers' business operations and communicated to them new
temporary work arrangements," the statement said.
Intertek said its business in mainland China and Taiwan
resumed operations on Feb. 10 and Jan. 30, respectively.
(Reporting by Rama Venkat in Bengaluru;
Editing by Alison Williams)