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

Two of newly infected employees, who are close contacts of the infected employee we noticed on our web site on August 4, worked from home after August 4. They were confirmed to be infected with coronavirus on August 5 and are in the hospital.
One employee who is not a close contact of the above cases showed symptoms such as mild fever and headache and were rested at home. However, the employee was infected with coronavirus on August 5 and is in the hospital now.
We identified the employees who were suspected to be close contacts and had them to stand by at home for 14 days from the contact date. We will continue to follow up observation. In addition, we had all employees who don’t work at production lines to work from home in principle from the afternoon of August 6 for the time being.
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.