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Workers wait in line to get tested for COVID-19 at a temporary screening station in the Jingwan General Industrial Complex on Feb. 17. (Kim Hye-yun)

The South Korean city of Namyangju reported yesterday that 115 workers at a factory have tested positive for COVID-19 after screening all 177 of the employees. Foreign workers accounted for most of the confirmed cases, most of whom lived together in a company dormitory. Health authorities set up a temporary screening center at the Jingwan General Industrial Complex on the same day and performed coronavirus tests on all employees at the 59 companies in the complex.

By Kim Hye-yun, staff reporter

An employee from one of the companies at the industrial complex gets tested for COVID-19 at a temporary screening station on Feb. 17. (Kim Hye-yun)

Health workers organize nasal swabs at a temporary screening station in the industrial complex on Feb. 17. (Kim Hye-yun)

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