（Update）Report of COVID-19 at our company

8/31/2021

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
President: Norio Nakajima

Murata is announcing an outbreak of COVID-19 at one of its facilities. The details are as follows.

[Updated on August 31]
With regards to the cluster of cases that occurred at Fukui Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, the first case having emerged on August 3, PCR tests were conducted on all employees between August 22 and August 31. By August 29, the PCR test results were tabulated for a total number of 5416 people, and it was found that 6 employees of partner companies and no employees of Fukui Murata Manufacturing had been infected. Operations will resume on September 1, 2021, with a system having been put in place to allow only employees who have tested negative to return to work.

We apologize once again for causing inconvenience and concern to the public, including local residents, and our business partners as a result of this incident. We will continue working with the public health center and partner companies as we make a company-wide effort to prevent the spread of cases, giving consideration to the health and safety of employees.
<Future responses>
• Even after operations resume, we plan to carry out PCR testing on approximately 1,000 people per day for the time being.

[Updated on August 25]
A cluster of cases has occurred at Fukui Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture with the first case emerging on August 3. Operations at the Takefu Factory of Fukui Murata Manufacturing will be suspended from August 25 to August 31 out of consideration for the health and safety of employees and to prevent further spread of the virus. From August 3 to August 24, the total number of cases discovered was 77 employees of cooperating companies and 21 employees of Fukui Murata Manufacturing.

We apologize for causing concern to the public, including local residents and our business partners as a result of this incident. At present, we are working with the public health center and partner companies as we make a company-wide effort to prevent the spread of cases, giving consideration to the health and safety of employees.

<Future responses>
• We will expand the scope of PCR testing and plan to test to all employees (including employees of our partners companies) at the Takefu Factory of Fukui Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.