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As the global COVID-19 virus continues to spread for several months, the epidemic situation in many countries has been gradually brought under control, allowing some countries and car companies to resume work and production. However, just after Ford returned to work, it was exposed that an employee diagnosed COVID-19.

According to foreign media reports, Ford Motor recently closed two more car assembly plants in Michigan, one of which was because one employee was detected to be infected with novel coronavirus, while the other was closed because of a shortage of spare parts. however, the day before, the plant was temporarily closed because two employees were detected to be infected with COVID-19.

Ford said infected employees at the two plants had been required to quarantine themselves for 14 days. The workstations of infected employees have also been cleaned and disinfected, and further measures are being considered to prevent the spread of the virus.

Ford and the UAW union, which represents employees of Detroit automakers, declined to give details about the infection. According to Brian Rothenberg, a spokesman for UAW, "UAW is also watching and monitoring the situation, as well as whether car companies have implemented corresponding preventive measures." Our most important task is to protect the health and safety of trade union members, their families and communities. "

It is understood that the two assembly plants infected by Ford this time, of which the Michigan plant produces F-series pickup trucks, and the Chicago plant produces Ford Explorer models and Lincoln Aviator crossover models, which can be said to play a key role in Ford's annual sales.

In fact, the two Ford plants and four Ford plants in the western United States have suspended production for two months due to the epidemic, and did not fully resume work until early May, but with the infection of employees falling into suspension of production again, speculation is only temporary.

Although the two assembly plants infected this time play a very important role for Ford, the global automobile industry has been badly hit because of the global spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, and so has Ford.

According to Ford's latest first-quarter results, the epidemic caused its first-quarter revenue to be just $34 billion, down 15% from a year earlier, with a net profit loss of $1.99 billion, a year-on-year drop of 281%.

In terms of sales, Ford sold 1.126 million vehicles in the first quarter, down 21% from a year earlier; even so, the car market share was 6%, little changed from the same period last year.

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