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Chip tester and packager Greatek Electronics Inc’s (超豐電子) shares tumbled more than 3 percent yesterday, as it said it expected output to drop by about 10 percent this month because it has shut some production lines to test all employees for COVID-19 after reporting eight confirmed cases. A Philippine worker contracted COVID-19 on Tuesday last week, and eight other migrant workers the first worker’s roommates were confirmed to have the virus the next day, the firm said in a statement. Greatek was one of five electronics companies in Miaoli County’s Jhunan Township (竹南) that reported COVID-19 infections among migrant ....
As the COVID-19 situation worsens and some companies report clusters of infected employees, the Central Epidemic Command Center on Saturday instructed firms not to rotate foreign workers between plants as long as the level 3 pandemic alert stands, and the Ministry of Labor has prohibited labor brokers from unnecessarily changing workers’ employers or workplaces. Since early last week, two chip testing and packaging companies King Yuan Electronics and GreaTek Electronics have reported an increasing number of COVID-19 cases at their manufacturing sites in Miaoli County’s Jhunan District (竹南), prompting concerns about whether the government is doing enough to contain ....
King Yuan to shut plants for 48 hours By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter King Yuan Electronics Co (京元電子) yesterday said it would shut down its factories for 48 hours to be thoroughly disinfected amid concern over COVID-19 infections linked to its manufacturing campus in Miaoli County. As of yesterday, 67 King Yuan employees, mostly migrant workers from the Philippines, had tested positive for the disease after a large-scale rapid screening program was launched for the company’s 7,300 workers. King Yuan, a chip testing and packaging service provider, had resisted halting production for fear of disrupting supply, kindling anger among employees and nearby residents. King Yuan Electronics Co personnel wait to be tested for COVID-19 at company premises in Miaoli County’s Jhunan Township yesterday. ....