“BCP was informed on March 9 by a partner company engaged in air-quality assessment at its oil refinery that one of their staff who visited the refinery on March 2 had tested positive for Covid-19,” it said in a statement.

“BCP immediately contacted all of its relevant staff and ordered them to undergo a physical examination. We found that no staff member at BCP is infected, and no other employee of the partner company apart from the one person.”

As a precaution, it has deployed measures recommended by the Department of Disease Control.

“BCP has cleaned the facility and surrounding area with disinfectant and will close the cafeteria until March 15 – which is 14 days after March 2.

“All staff members who were in contact with the infected person have been ordered to stay home in self-quarantine for 14 days and follow outbreak-prevention procedures strictly,” BCP said.

The incident will not affect operations in any way, it said.