Vietnam orders workers at Samsung Display unit to be quarantined after COVID-19 case

Authorities in northern Vietnam have ordered people working at a unit of Samsung Display factory in the country to be quarantined after a worker there tested positive for the new coronavirus.

A 25-year-old worker of the EQC-SI unit of the Samsung Display factory in Bac Ninh province tested positive on Sunday, according to a statement released on Monday by the anti-COVID-19 task force of neighboring Bac Giang province.

Samsung confirmed the case but said Samsung Display's production lines in Vietnam had not been affected.