"Poor Response to Logistics Center Cluster Infection"... Kim Beom-seok, Coupang CEO, Reported to Prosecutors
[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-yoon] Kim Beom-seok, CEO of Coupang, has been reported to the prosecution in connection with the mass infection at the Bucheon logistics center, which triggered the resurgence of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Seoul metropolitan area.
The civic group, the Committee for the Protection of the Common People’s Livelihood, announced on the 2nd that they reported Kim Beom-seok and others at Coupang to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office for violating the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act, claiming that Coupang neglected customer response during the early stages of the COVID-19 infection at the Bucheon logistics center.
The group stated, "After a large number of confirmed cases emerged at the Bucheon logistics center recently, Coupang only sent text messages to employees instructing them to get tested, but did not provide testing and self-quarantine guidance to consumers who might have been exposed during the parcel delivery process." They criticized, "When asked why no measures were taken, Coupang responded that 'unless there is a separate directive from the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters or Bucheon city authorities, they cannot act,' which is an act of shifting the responsibility for public safety onto the government."
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From the end of last month, when the first confirmed case appeared, until the 1st of this month, the total number of confirmed cases related to the Bucheon Coupang logistics center cluster infection reached 112. It has been found that the COVID-19 virus can survive for about 24 hours on the surface of corrugated cardboard, which is widely used for delivery boxes and packaging materials. However, no cases of COVID-19 infection transmitted via delivery boxes have been reported domestically since the Coupang logistics center cluster infection.
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