Namyangju factory with foreign workers emerges as virus hotbed Posted : 2021-02-18 16:11 Updated : 2021-02-18 16:16 People stand in line for COVID-19 testing at a temporary screening station set up in an industrial complex in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday. Yonhap By Bahk Eun-ji Over 100 workers have been infected with COVID-19 at a plastic manufacturing plant located in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, putting the health authorities on high alert over another large infection cluster. According to the Namyangju city government, Thursday, 123 people linked to the plant in the city's Jingwan Industrial Complex, about 40 kilometers from Seoul, have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Of them, 119 are workers at the factory, three are family members of the workers, and one is an employee at another factory there. Among the 119, 110 are migrant workers from 17 countries, and most of them have lived as well as dined together at the company dormitory.