One Hyundai Heavy Industries Worker in Ulsan Confirmed Positive... Factory Operations Halted for One Day on the 7th

The Infection Route of Ulsan Case No. 115 Confirmed the Previous Day is 'Unknown'... 500 People in the Same Building Banned from Going to Work for a Day
About 20 Close Contacts Quarantined for 2 Weeks

Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries. [Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] One worker in his 40s at Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan Plant tested positive for COVID-19, leading to the suspension of operations at the factory where the confirmed case worked.

According to Ulsan City on the 7th, the 115th confirmed case in Ulsan (a 45-year-old male from Buk-gu, Ulsan), who tested positive the previous day, was identified as working in the construction department of Hyundai Heavy Industries. The infection route has not yet been confirmed, leaving it in a 'dark' status.

About 500 people working in the same building as the 115th confirmed case reportedly did not come to work that day.

Hyundai Heavy Industries completed disinfection of the production line, cafeteria, and surrounding areas, and health authorities are conducting an urgent epidemiological investigation to trace the movements and infection route of the confirmed case.

Health authorities are conducting a full investigation of the approximately 500 people and have identified about 20 close contacts who are undergoing diagnostic testing.

The 115th confirmed case showed COVID-19 symptoms such as fever on the 3rd, was tested at a screening clinic in Ulsan on the 5th, and received a positive result on the afternoon of the 6th.

The infection route has not yet been confirmed.

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