Following the confirmation of a positive COVID-19 test for one of its employees at the Duke Street branch in downtown Kingston, National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCB) has closed the location until further notice. “We took the decision to close the Duke Street branch because of the length of the exposure period, as well as the number of persons who were possibly exposed to the affected employee,” said Euton Cummings, General Manager of Human Resources and Facilities at NCB. The affected employee was initially tested by the Ministry of Health and Wellness on August 28, 2020, and received a negative result. The affected employee was cleared to return to work on August 31, 2020. Subsequently, the affected employee was contacted by the Ministry of Health and Wellness on September 4, 2020, and advised that their sample had returned a positive result when it was retested. NCB has now updated its protocol, requiring any employee who tested for COVID-19 to also receive results from a re-test, or second test before being cleared to return to work.