Daihatsu Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19 (2020)

Daihatsu offers its sincerest apologies for the worry this announcement will cause to local
residents and other parties. Should there be any change in the current situation, Daihatsu will announce relevant information in a speedy manner. The company intends to prioritize controlling the spread of COVID-19 both internally and externally, and to safeguard the health of both employees and their families. To this end, Daihatsu will continue to coordinate with the relevant parties.

Announcement on December 21
Workplace and employee: Three technical employees* at Head (Ikeda) 2nd District, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
*Employee A, Employee B and Employee C were not in close contact with each other, and so this was not an employee-to-employee infection.
Employee A
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: December 18
Last day at workplace: December 14
Workplace disinfection: December 15

Employee B
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: December 18
Last day at workplace: December 17
Workplace disinfection: December 17

Employee C
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: December 19
Last day at workplace: December 17
Workplace disinfection: December 17

Announcement on December 14
Workplace and employee: Technical employee at Kyoto Plant, Ooyamazaki-cho, Otokuni-gun, Kyoto
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: December 12
Last day at workplace: December 10
Workplace disinfection: December 10

Announcement on November 30
Workplace and employee: Office employee at Head (Ikeda) 1st District, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: November 27
Last day at workplace: November 18
Workplace disinfection: November 26

Announcement on November 26
Workplace and employee: Office employee at Head (Ikeda) 1st District, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: November 25
Last day at workplace: November 18
Workplace disinfection: November 24

Announcement on November 9
Workplace and employee: Technical employee at Head (Ikeda) 2nd District, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: November 7
Last day at workplace: November 4
Workplace disinfection: November 6

Announcement on November 2
Workplace and employee: Technical employee at Kyoto Plant, Ooyamazaki-cho, Otokuni-gun, Kyoto
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: October 31
Last day at workplace: October 28
Workplace disinfection: October 29

Announcement on September 14
Workplace and employee: Technical employee at Nishinomiya Parts Center, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: September 11
Last day at workplace: September 9
Workplace disinfection: September 11

Announcement on September 1
Workplace and employee: Two employees from partner companies, to whom work was being outsourced at Shiga (Ryuo) 2nd District, Ryuo-cho, Gamo-gun, Shiga
*Partner companies that carry out on-site work at Daihatsu worksites
Partner Company A
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: August 29
Last day at workplace: August 28
Workplace disinfection: August 29

【Partner Company B】
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: August 30
Last day at workplace: August 28
Workplace disinfection: August 29
Special remarks: The infected Employee B had had close contact with Partner Company Employee A

Announcement on August 17
Workplace and employee: Technical employee at Head (Ikeda) 2nd District, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: August 8
Last day at workplace: August 3
Workplace disinfection: August 9

Announcement on August 6
Workplace and employee: Office employee at Head (Ikeda) 2nd District, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: August 5
Last day at workplace: August 3
Workplace disinfection: August 5

Announcement on July 23
Workplace and employee: Office employee at Head Office, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: July 22
Last day at workplace: July 16
Workplace disinfection: July 22

Announcement on July 20
Workplace and employee: Office employee at Head (Ikeda) 1st District, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: July 17
Last day at workplace: July 13
Workplace disinfection: July 14

Announcement on July 15
Workplace and employee: Technical employee at Head (Ikeda) 1st District, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: July 14
Last day at workplace: July 10
Workplace disinfection: July 11

Announcement on April 27
Workplace and employee: Office employee at Head Office, Ikeda-shi, Osaka
Impact on plant operations: None
Confirmation of infection: April 26
Last day at workplace: April 7
Workplace disinfection: None