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Google India Closes Office Due To Swine Flu

100 employees tested

5 comments Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The H1N1 flu virus has hit Google India, and although things aren't as bad as they might have been, it's having some rather significant effects: around 100 people have gone to a hospital for swine flu tests, and a Hyderabad office will remain closed for two full days.

We'll try to get the rest of the unpleasant news out of the way in one shot.  According to the Deccan Chronicle, an antiviral drug that can be used to prevent infection isn't available in sufficient quantities for everyone who works at the office (a two-day supply exists when a ten-day regimen is what's called for).

The Times of India reports that seven employees have been quarantined, too.

However, the sort of reassuring fact remains that there's actually been just one confirmed case of swine flu among Google's Hyderabad employees so far.

Also, the office closure is a voluntary precautionary measure, not a response ordered by some state health authority, and a sanitization process should help stop any H1N1 spread.

This doesn't look like the end of Google India, then.  Hopefully the development will simply prove to be a small scare followed by a careful (and caring) corporate response.

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Doug is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest eBusiness news.

Wow!

Wow this swine flu is really crazy! I didn't think it was such a big deal, but I guess I was wrong!

Andrea
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Search trends

Yeah, what's interesting/ironic is that searches for "swine flu" in India are way down, too.

http://www.google.com/trends?q=swine+flu&ctab=0&geo=in&geor=all&date=200...

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