Now LG Shuts Plant Due To Coronavirus

LG Innotek the main supplier of camera modules for Apple’s iPhone is shutting down its factory in Gumi, South Korea in order to prevent a coronavirus outbreak.

The report claims one worker has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and LG proceeded to shut the factory down Sunday, March 1, to disinfect the facility.

Samsung similarly shut down its Gumi factory due to a confirmed case of coronavirus The Samsung factory is where ther Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy S20 units are manufactured.

A Samsung shop is seen in Kyiv, Ukraine on Febaruary 20, 2020. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/Sipa USA)

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David Richards

David Richards has been writing about technology for more than 30 years. A former Fleet Street journalist, he wrote the Award Winning Series on the Federated Ships Painters + Dockers Union for the Bulletin that led to a Royal Commission. He is also a Logie Winner for Outstanding Contribution To TV Journalism with a story called The Werribee Affair. In 1997, he built the largest Australian technology media company and prior to that the third largest PR company that became the foundation company for Ogilvy PR. Today he writes about technology and the impact on both business and consumers.

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