The factory complex with Samsung workers infected with Covid-19 is located in Gumi city. In a press release, Samsung said it was isolating colleagues who had contact with infected employees and testing them.
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The Samsung factory at Gumi is responsible for a small portion of Samsung’s total smartphone production and specializes in producing high-end phones, mainly for the domestic market. Samsung makes most of its smartphones in Vietnam and India.
Gumi is very close to Daegu, the Korean city of Covid-19. According to the country’s authorities, there have been 433 virus infections as of February 22. Samsung said operations at other chip and display factories in the country were not affected.