UPDATE 1-Barclays has confirmed coronavirus case in London office

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By Lawrence White

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - A Barclays employee
has tested positive for coronavirus in its 5 North Colonnade
office in London's Canary Wharf financial district, the bank
confirmed on Wednesday.

An employee on the ninth floor of the building, which mainly
houses Barclays investment bank workers, tested positive for the
disease, the bank said.

"The colleague has been in self-quarantine since 9 March,
following notification of their potential exposure to the
virus," the bank said in a statement. Reuters had earlier
reported the case from a Barclays internal email.

The bank has told colleagues who sit near the affected
person to self-quarantine but is keeping the building and the
floor open, the bank said.

It is also undertaking a deep clean of the affected floor.

The Barclays employee is the second confirmed case of
coronavirus in London's second largest financial district of
Canary Wharf, after HSBC sent 100 people home last week
following a confirmed diagnosis.

(Reporting By Lawrence White, Editing by Jane Merriman)