Over 20 Samsung Electronics CES Business Travelers Confirmed Positive... Returning Home by Company Charter Flight

Employees are arriving at the Samsung Electronics Seocho Office Building. Photo by Mun Honam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] Samsung Electronics plans to repatriate about 20 employees who tested positive for COVID-19 locally by chartered flight after participating in the world's largest electronics and IT exhibition, 'CES 2022,' held in Las Vegas, USA.

According to industry sources on the 11th, Samsung Electronics announced this internally on the same day. Samsung Electronics plans to deploy a chartered flight to transport employees who tested positive on the 11th and 12th local time back to Korea and have them stay at the company's operated domestic quarantine facility.

Currently, the CES business trip employees who tested positive for COVID-19 are self-isolating in the US with support from medical staff dispatched by Samsung Electronics. It is known that Samsung Electronics has completed consultations with US authorities to allow the infected employees to board the chartered flight. Business travelers who have already returned after testing negative will also be transferred to the self-quarantine facility depending on their future test results.

Samsung Electronics stated, "Although we dispatched our own medical staff and strictly followed quarantine guidelines to consider the safety of employees who had to travel for the unavoidable purpose of introducing innovative technology, it is unfortunate that positive cases occurred. We plan to do our best to support them so that they can safely complete treatment in Korea."

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