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About 70 S Korean attendees of tech event CES in US test positive for Covid

About 70 South Korean nationals who attended the giant CES tech trade show in Las Vegas last week tested positive for Covid

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About 70 South Korean nationals who attended the giant CES tech trade show in Las Vegas last week tested positive for COVID-19, health authorities of the Asian country said on Wednesday.

These included some executives and staff of major South Korean companies, according to industry sources and one company.

About 20 people from Samsung Electronics and about six at SK Group, parent of energy firm SK Innovation and chipmaker SK Hynix, were among those
who tested positive for the virus after attending CES, the sources said.

The cases risk dealing a blow to South Korea's COVID-19 control, after the country had just brought down

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