MUMBAI: An assistant general manager working with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has tested positive for covid-19, prompting the markets regulator to shut its headquarters for three days, according to two people familiar with the developments.

The regulator also asked its employees to not attend office and continue to work from home. Sebi has asked all officials who came in contact with the assistant general manager to report to the human resource offices and go for 14-day quarantine, the two people added. "Since lockdown has been announced, Sebi has been taking all precautionary measures including those announced by central and state governments," a Sebi official said, declining to be named.

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