Hyundai Motor Halts Operations at India Plant for 5 Days Due to 'COVID-19 Impact'

Hyundai Motor's factory in Tamil Nadu, India, will suspend operations for five days starting from the 25th due to the impact of COVID-19.

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] As the spread of COVID-19 worsens in India, Hyundai Motor's plant in India has decided to halt operations for five days.

According to Hyundai Motor and major foreign media on the 25th, the Hyundai Motor plant located in Tamil Nadu state, India, will suspend operations for five days starting from today.

Major foreign media reported that following a sit-in protest by several workers on the 24th, Hyundai Motor decided to grant local workers five days of paid leave.

India has recently seen hundreds of thousands of new confirmed cases, and as of the previous day, the cumulative COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 300,000. Among these, Tamil Nadu in southern India, known as the "Detroit" of India, recorded an average of over 30,000 new COVID-19 cases per day last week, making it one of the regions with the most severe spread of COVID-19.

In response, the local government has issued a lockdown order until the 31st of this month, excluding some factories such as automobile plants. A Hyundai Motor official explained, "We have decided to temporarily suspend plant operations in accordance with the local situation and government guidelines."

Meanwhile, workers at the Renault-Nissan plant in Tamil Nadu are also planning to strike starting on the 26th, demanding strengthened measures due to concerns about COVID-19 infections.

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