new delhi steelmakers such as sail tata steel and amns have sought selfdeclaration from their employees regarding travel history to virusaffected countries as part of steps to check the spread of highly contagious coronavirusfrom banning large gatherings at their offices and facilities to avoiding domestic and abroad travel and encouraging work from home steelmakers are taking several precautionary steps to protect its employees amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus the steel companies saidstateowned firms sail and rinl as well as private steel makers like tata steel jsw steel jspl and amns have put certain restrictions at their offices and manufacturing plants across india and abroad to contain the spread of the virustata steel said it has asked its employees with overseas travel history either for self or any of their family members especially to countries like china hong kong south korea japan italy thailand singapore iran malaysia france spain and germany over the last 14 days to undergo selfimposed quarantine for 14 daysa covid19 medical task force has also been formed to review the medical preparedness in terms of setting up of quarantine centres isolation wards training of doctors and other medical logistics of tata steel hospitals the company said adding it allows its employees to avail work from homesajjanjindal led jsw steel has also asked its employees to work from home and follow necessary safety guidelines only those whose services are extremely important at plants and other sites would come and they are being scanned properly before entering into the premisesarcelormittal nippon steel india amns india said besides stopping meetings and interactions at its offices domestic and international travel have been completely stoppedthe company has also asked for selfdeclaration from employees regarding travel history to virusaffected countries and ensure selfquarantinejindal steel and power ltd jspl has ensured that each employee is screened for body temperature and hand sanitizers and masks have been made available at all offices and facilities besides prohibiting large gatherings and scanning thoroughly noncompany officials entering its facilities and offices in india and abroad many workers have been asked to work from homesteel authority of india ltd sail said it has implemented various preventive measures across its plants units and offices against the spread of the infectionquarantine facilities and isolation wards have been prepared at sail hospitals the steel psu saidthe company has restricted travel of its employees and the majority of the meetings are being conducted through video conferencingthe company has also put in place contingency plans for manning its critical operations at the plants and units in the event of any eventualityat rashtriya ispat nigam ltd rinl biometric attendance has been suspended an isolation ward has been arranged with a quarantine facility at vizag plantposters banners hoardings educating on dos and donts are a common sight at their plants and offices the companies saidthe steelmakers have asked all their employees to follow safety guidelines issued by the government