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A cluster of Covid-19 infections at a factory in central Taiwan temporarily stopped operations at one of the world’s largest chip-testing companies, the latest sign of potential disruption to a technology supply chain already struggling from semiconductor shortages. King Yuan Electronics Co (KYEC) shut down its main plant in Miaoli County over the weekend and reported 182 confirmed cases as of June 5, according to Taiwan’s Centres for Disease Control. Most of those cases were among its foreign workers, including factory floor employees. The government placed all 2,000 of KYEC’s overseas workers, around 30 per cent of its workforce, into...
