An employee of Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation‘s Kumamoto Technology Center (4000-1, Haramizu, Kikuyomachi, Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto) was confirmed to be infected with coronavirus (COVID-19).

Upon receiving a notification that a person outside our company whom the employee contacted on December 4 tested positive, the employee had a PCR test on December 9 and tested positive on the same day. Currently, the employee is in the hospital. We identified the close contacts as defined by our company regulations within the site and had them to stand by at home for 10 days from the contact date. We will continue to follow up observation. Since necessary disinfection cleaning at the premises was completed, there is no impact on operations of our production lines.

Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing has been taking measures to prevent further spread such as promotion of flexible work (working from home). We will carry out business operations primarily focused on ensuring the safety of its employees, its customers and partners in addition to preventing the further spread of the virus both inside and outside the company.