Hyundai Motor Ulsan Plant Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19... Ulsan's Zero Cases Broken After Six Days

One Equipment Management Department Worker, Not from Production Line, Tested Positive on 19th... Infection Route 'Unknown'

On the morning of the 18th, citizens lined up to wait for COVID-19 testing at a screening clinic in Songpa-gu, Seoul. [Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] One employee at Hyundai Motor Company's Ulsan plant tested positive for COVID-19 on the 19th.

Ulsan City announced that the 142nd confirmed case in Ulsan (a 34-year-old male from Nam-gu) was identified that morning.

The 142nd confirmed case in Ulsan was investigated to be an employee at Hyundai Motor's Ulsan plant. He works in the production equipment management department and is not known to be a worker on the production line.

He began experiencing abnormal symptoms such as loss of taste and smell from the 16th, got tested at the Nam-gu Public Health Center screening clinic on the 18th, and was confirmed positive the following day.

His current health condition is reported to be good. Close contact family members include his wife and son, totaling two people. Tests for them are also underway.

Ulsan City stated, "The infection route has not yet been identified." They are investigating detailed movement paths and contacts.

In Ulsan, after maintaining zero confirmed cases for five consecutive days since the 14th, an additional confirmed case appeared after six days.

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