Indian tech giant Infosys recently announced that it has sacked one of its employees who wrote an “inappropriate post” on Twitter about the coronavirus pandemic.
Announcing the termination of the employee’s services through Twitter, Infosys said, “Infosys has completed its investigation on the social media post by one of its employees, and we believe that this is not a case of mistaken identity.”
As per various media reports, the IT firm maintained that it has a strict no-tolerance policy towards such acts.
Apparently, the employee, through his outrageous post, had tweeted, “Let’s join hands, go out and sneeze openly in public. Spread the virus.”
Earlier, the company had said that it was deeply concerned about the employee’s tweet and would take necessary action against him based on an internal investigation.
The novel coronavirus, which originated in China in December last year, has now reached more than 190 countries and has infected about 724,000 people. So far the death toll due to the pandemic has risen more than 32,000.
The Indian government recently announced a complete lockdown across the nation till April 14 to prevent the transmission of the virus and contain it. All other services, excluding the supply of essential items, are now closed until further notice by the government.
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