Around 70 South Korean nationals who attended the giant CES tech trade show in Las Vegas last week tested positive for COVID-19.
Those tested positive for COVID-19 include 20 people from Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and about six at SK Group.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180.KS) said six of its employees who attended CES tested positive.
SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO: About 70 South Korean nationals who attended the giant CES tech trade show in Las Vegas last week tested positive for COVID-19, health authorities of the Asian country said on Wednesday.
These included some executives and staff of major South Korean companies, according to industry sources and one company.
About 20 people from Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and about six at SK Group, parent of energy firm SK Innovation (096770.KS) and chipmaker SK Hynix (000660.KS), were among those who tested positive for the virus after attending CES, the sources said.
The cases risk dealing a blow to South Korea's COVID-19 control, after the country had just brought down daily number of infections from record highs in December by restoring tough social distancing rules and widely adopting vaccine passports at public locations.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180.KS) said six of its employees who attended CES tested positive while in the United States and were quarantined, and some have been released since.
"Multiple" Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) and Hyundai Mobis employees who attended CES also tested positive after arriving back in...
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