Construction work suspended at Vivo industrial park after two people test positive; Co says site managed by third-party

NEW DELHI: Vivo, India’s No. 2 smartphone brand, has stopped construction work at its industrial park at Greater Noida after two people working there tested Covid-19 positive. The development comes a day after rival Oppo had to shut its manufacturing plant in the same area after nine of its employees tested positive for coronavirus.

“The company (Vivo) had got 18 employees tested in Halthians Lab, Gurgaon, out of which 16 negative and two positive have been declared. The company has voluntarily shut down its operations, for the time being, the incident commander has orders for the sealing of specific area of the premises and sanitation process is underway,” according to a health bulletin by Gautam Budh Nagar released on Monday evening.