Samsung Electronics and LG Innotek have shut down their factories operating in South Korea after reports confirmed that the Coronavirus infection was found in certain employees and workers.
Samsung’s smartphone factory in Gumi, a region that has the most number of confirmed Coronavirus cases has been closed until Sunday evening (1st March 2020). The company is working on disinfecting the entire floor where the workers tested positive for the virus were working on. The company stated that these floors will reopen later on Tuesday afternoon (3rd March 2020).
Furthermore, the tech giant is seeking “all necessary measures” to ensure the prevention of the virus spreading further. For those unaware, China was recently hit with an epidemic after a new strain of the virus, which originated in the Wuhan region, spread across mainland China. Reports of the virus spreading to multiple other countries have surfaced and are a cause for major alarm.
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The Gumi line being closed would be a major hit to Samsung, considering that the site is known to manufacture the Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy S20 series of smartphones. Both models are high end flagship smartphones but are still just a small portion of their total output.
Similarly, LG Innotek, a known supplier of Apple’s camera modules, has also shut down its factory in the same region as well. The company also had to shut down its production lines when a worker tested positive for Coronavirus, according to an official. As or right now, the plant is closed for disinfection and will reopen today (2nd March 2020).
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