UPDATED. 2024-03-28 05:14 (목)
SK Hynix faced with extended quarantine period in China 
SK Hynix faced with extended quarantine period in China 
  • Dongwon Kim
  • 승인 2021.02.03 18:08
  • 댓글 0
이 기사를 공유합니다

Wuhan and Chongqing extends isolation period from 2 weeks to 3 for visitors
Samsung's Xi'an plant yet to be effected
Image: TheElec
Image: TheElec

Employees of SK Hynix dispatched to China had their quarantine period extended from two weeks to three, TheElec has learned.

This is due to the cities of Wuhan and Chongqing, where the company has factories, extending the quarantine period to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

A SK Hynix spokesperson said China has enforced the longer quarantine period from surges in the virus outbreak abroad.

They stressed that the measure didn’t only effect the company but all visitors to Wuhan and Chongqing. They also stressed that the company had sufficient manpower at China and the measure won’t impact semiconductor production.

Meanwhile, the city of Xi’an, where Samsung Electronics has a chip factory, it yet to enforce a similar extension in the quarantine period. 

SK Hynix had previously suspended production at its factory in Chongqing in November last year from orders of the government there.

An employee there was found positive for the virus in a first checkup but later was found to be negative in the follow up diagnosis. Chinese authorities have asked SK Hynix to provide a written document vouching the fact that the employee didn’t contract the virus signed by a senior South Korean health official, a person familiar with the matter said. SK Hynix provided such documentation, providing a signed diagnosis by the head of the public health center of the city of Cheongju in South Korea.

At the time, some 2,700 employees working at the factory at Chongqing were held up for two days. They were denied shower and other basic rights at the time, the person said. There was a pregnant employee among them. They were only allowed freedom after all of them were tested negative for COVID-19.

The Chinese government’s one-way measures have limited work and business operations a lot, the person added.

Another person familiar with the matter said small companies found the extended quarantine period difficult to deal with. Businesses with operations in China were watching the situation closely as there was a resurgence of cases in China as well, they added.
 


댓글삭제
삭제한 댓글은 다시 복구할 수 없습니다.
그래도 삭제하시겠습니까?
댓글 0
댓글쓰기
계정을 선택하시면 로그인·계정인증을 통해
댓글을 남기실 수 있습니다.

  • 515, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea 4F, Ahsung Bldg.
  • 대표전화 : 82-2-2658-4707
  • 팩스 : 82-2-2659-4707
  • 청소년보호책임자 : Stan LEE
  • 법인명 : The Elec Inc.
  • 제호 : THE ELEC, Korea Electronics Industry Media
  • 등록번호 : 서울, 아05435
  • 등록일 : 2018-10-15
  • 발행일 : 2018-10-15
  • 발행인 : JY HAN
  • 편집인 : JY HAN
  • THE ELEC, Korea Electronics Industry Media Prohibiting unauthorized duplication,publishing,modification and distribution the material on this Site for any purpose.
  • Copyright © 2024 THE ELEC, Korea Electronics Industry Media. All rights reserved. mail to powerusr@thelec.kr
ND소프트