Multiple Positive COVID-19 Cases Related to Gwangju Kia Motors and Samsung Electronics Confirmed

13 Confirmed Cases in One Day on 29th Including 4 Kia Motors Employees... 9 Related to Case 676

2 Samsung Electronics Employees Test Positive... Refrigerator Production Line Suspended Until Next Month 2nd

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] A total of 13 people were confirmed positive for COVID-19 in Gwangju on the 29th. Among them, 9 were confirmed to be related to Gwangju employee number 676 at a large supermarket.

According to Gwangju Metropolitan City on the 30th, COVID-19 cases numbered 684 to 696 occurred in the region the previous day. There were 12 local infections and 1 imported case.

Numbers 684-686, 688-690, and 692-694, totaling 9 people, were contacts of Gwangju case number 676. Case 686 is an employee working in production at Kia Motors Gwangju Plant and is the first confirmed case at Kia Motors.

After a confirmed case occurred at Kia Motors, the quarantine authorities conducted COVID-19 tests focusing on contacts among factory workers, resulting in 3 additional positive cases (numbers 688, 689, and 693).

Case 691 was confirmed to be related to Gwangju case number 586. Case 586 was confirmed positive after contact with a Jeonnam confirmed case.

Case 695 was related to Sangmu Room Sojubang. They tested positive in a test conducted before release from self-quarantine.

There were also contacts from other regions. Case 696 was confirmed to have had contact with Seoul Dongdaemun-gu case number 306.

As confirmed cases related to Gwangju large supermarket employee number 676 continue to occur, quarantine authorities are focusing efforts on tracing the initial infection route of case 676.

Meanwhile, two employees working at Samsung Electronics Gwangju Plant were also confirmed positive, leading to the suspension of the refrigerator production line until the 2nd of next month.

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