Its biz as usual in Cyberabad as cornavirus scare subsides:

Hyderabad, Mar 6 () Normlacy has returned to thecoronavirus scare hit IT corridor here on Friday, a day afteran employee suspected to have contracted the infection testednegative for it. Its all normal now, Telangana Principal IT SecretaryJayesh Ranjan said when asked about the situation at Cyberabadwhich was gripped by panic two days ago over the virus.

The COVID-19 scare reached the IT corridor on Wednesdaywith one building in a complex, housing software firms, beingvacated for sanitisation for a day as a precautionary measureafter an employee there was suspected to have contracted thevirus.

Normal operations have resumed at the complex after theIT employee tested negative, Hyderabad Software ExportersAssociation (HYSEA) official Murali Bollu said.

"Panic was there day before yesterday...Its now businessas usual. There is absolutely no panic... everybody isfollowing some protocols, that are, directions given to them,he said.

Telangana reported its first COVID-19 case on Monday whena 24-year-old software personnel, who recently returned fromDubai, tested positive for the virus.

Later, samples of two people -- an I-T employee who camefrom Italy and a sanitary worker working in a softwarecompany, were sent to National Institute of Virology, Puneafter local tests for coronavirus returned "borderline". The results of the tests returned negative on Thursday,bringing some relief to the state.

Health Minister E Rajender had on Thursday said state ITdepartment and police have been trying to instill confidenceamong IT firms and asked the latter not to panic. SJRVS VS