The government should test all migrant workers for COVID-19 using rapid screening tests and take blood samples monthly to check whether they have COVID-19 antibodies, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital superintendent Huang Li-min (黃立民) said yesterday.
Huang’s comment came after three infection clusters involving mostly migrant workers were last week found at manufacturers in Hsinchu City and Miaoli County, where many of Taiwan’s largest technology companies have facilities.
The government must take full advantage of virus detection technology and available disease prevention staff to “get a handle on” the movements and health conditions of migrant workers, Huang said.
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GreaTek to hike its service prices
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
GreaTek Electronics Inc (超豐) plans to raise prices by double-digit percentage points for new orders to reflect strong demand for its chip packaging and testing services, as well as increasing raw material costs, the company said yesterday.
“Our factory utilization is reaching full. Demand has greatly exceeded what we can supply,” GreaTek president Ning Chien-chao (甯鑑超) told an online investors’ conference. “It may take a period of time to digest the backlog. Supply constraints will remain until the second quarter at least.”
The company said robust consumption of computers, home entertainment gadgets and medical devices fueled demand for its services.