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A person gets tested for COVID-19 at a temporary screening station in Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap News)

Cluster infections among foreign workers have arisen at a construction site in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, and a manufacturing company in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province.

According to the province, after a foreign worker on a construction site in Yangju tested positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 28, a total of 12 foreign workers have tested positive in connection to the site.

Since Thursday, a total of 13 workers — including nine non-Koreans — at a manufacturing company in Pocheon tested positive for COVID-19. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency has tested 55 people in relation to the two clusters, and is carrying out contract tracing.

New cases in Gyeonggi Province reached 703, a new record-high following the previous record of 698 on Sept. 1.

By Park Kyung-man, senior staff writer

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