WILLEMSTAD - An employee of the MCB Bank in Rio Canario tested positive for the COVID19 virus this Thursday. The bank has announced this in a press release on their Facebook page. This person worked at the bank's branch until last Monday.

The site is closed from today until further notice and is thoroughly cleaned. In consultation with Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth's team, it was decided to have the entire branch team go into mandatory quarantine for 14 days.

MCB Bank Rio Canario closed until further notice.

Government confirms: two new cases

The government has confirmed the infection at the bank, and is also reporting another new infection, a person from abroad who is now in isolation. The total number of active infections now stands at five. Friday morning at 8:00, epidemiologist Izzy Gerstenbluth will provide more information in an additional press conference.

To date, Thursday evening, it is still unknown whether and how much risk of infection there has been for customers of the bank and people in the living environment of this new patient in recent days. It is also not known how the health of the person is or where he/she contracted the virus. The government does refer to the MCB employee as local infection, which means that the person has contracted the virus in Curaçao.

More information will be provided during the press conference at 8 am.