Samsung Electronics Reports COVID-19 Cases at Hwaseong Plant Following Suwon Facility (Comprehensive)

On the 29th, when Samsung Electronics announced its confirmed third-quarter results, employees were coming and going at the Samsung Electronics building in Seocho-gu, Seoul. Despite the resurgence of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Samsung Electronics achieved a record high with third-quarter sales approaching 67 trillion won this year. Operating profit also exceeded 10 trillion won for the first time in two years. The third-quarter operating profit was 12.3533 trillion won, an increase of 58.83% compared to the same period last year. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Following the Suwon plant, a new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Samsung Electronics' Hwaseong plant.

On the 25th, Samsung Electronics reported that four additional employees from the Wireless Business Division working in the R5 building at the Suwon plant tested positive for COVID-19.

Earlier, employee A from the Wireless Business Division was first confirmed positive on the 22nd. Subsequently, about 300 employees who worked on the same floor of the R5 building and were classified as close contacts underwent COVID-19 testing.

Afterward, two employees at the Suwon plant tested positive on the 24th. Including A and the four who tested positive that day, a total of seven employees working on the relevant floor of the R5 building have been infected with COVID-19. Most of the remaining employees reportedly tested negative.

The R5 building was closed for one day on the 23rd for disinfection and has been reopened since the previous day. The floor of the R5 building where the confirmed cases worked remained closed until the 25th. Samsung Electronics instructed employees working on that floor to work from home for two weeks to prevent secondary infections.

On the morning of the same day, one employee from the Device Solutions (DS) division working on Line 16 at the Hwaseong plant also tested positive. However, the confirmed employee did not enter the production line, so the line is operating normally.

Samsung Electronics has implemented quarantine measures according to the confirmed employee’s movement and is isolating employees who had close contact with the confirmed case.

Since the 16th, Samsung Electronics has been conducting a second phase pilot of remote work for volunteers in the Consumer Electronics (CE) and Information Technology & Mobile (IT·IM) divisions. Additionally, the company has notified employees of strengthened COVID-19 response measures, including limiting meeting attendees to fewer than 10 people.

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