Hyundai suspending operations after an employee tested positive for the Coronavirus

Hyundai

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama announced Wednesday it is suspending operations at the Montgomery production plant after an employee tested positive for the COVID-19 illness.

"HMMA is suspending production in all areas, for all shifts, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2020," the company said in a statement. "HMMA has already deployed additional sanitation measures across the entire facility and will now follow ADPH's protocols for disinfecting the affected work area. HMMA will confer with ADPH and the CDC to determine if additional measures should be taken."