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After leaving the country, a Korean employee in China was identified as an asymptomatic infection from the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19, Wuhan pneumonia). Chongqing SK Hynix Semiconductor Company, where the employee works, temporarily suspended operations and closed the factory for management.
According to reports from the Xinhua News Agency and the Science and Technology Daily, the Chongqing Hi-Tech Zone received a corporate report on the 28th that a Korean employee of SK Hynix Semiconductor (Chongqing) in the Xiyong Microelectronics Park returned to South Korea and tested positive for coronavirus 2019 nucleic acid. Asymptomatic infection.
Chongqing New Crown (Wuhan) pneumonia epidemic prevention and control work held the 78th press conference in the morning to report on the case.
This 42-year-old Korean employee flew nonstop from Incheon, South Korea to Chongqing on February 1 this year, and took a direct flight to Incheon, South Korea airport in the early morning hours of November 27, and stayed at the Holiday Inn Chongqing R&F.
After receiving the notification on the 28th, Chongqing had conducted a centralized isolation medical observation of 49 identified close contacts at 9 a.m. this morning, taking nucleic acid samples from 3,283 people. The test results of 2,674 people are known to be negative.
SK Hynix has temporarily suspended work and production and implemented fully closed management. All plant personnel are isolated on site. The Holiday Inn Chongqing R&F is also temporarily closed to strictly control the entry and exit of staff.
Tang Wenge, deputy director of the Chongqing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that at present, the source of the infection is mainly traced from three aspects: one is that part of the raw materials of SK Hynix Semiconductor (Chongqing) comes from abroad, and the related items and contacts are sampled and tested; Learn more about this foreign employee’s detailed itinerary on his way back to South Korea, and find out the source of possible exposure; the third is to track and sample all staff, imported food, overseas packages and express delivery that the employee has contacted since November 13.
According to the WeChat public account “China Semiconductor Forum”, SK Hynix Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a major memory manufacturer in South Korea. SK Hynix Chongqing plant was established on July 15, 2013 and is located in Chongqing Xiyong Microelectronic Park, according to financial reports, the plant has 2,466 employees.
(Author: Zhang Shuling; First Map Source: Official Website)
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