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Chinese factories and ports haunted by the arrival of Omicron

2022-01-17T16:49:15.203Z


The authorities are imposing strict measures to limit the spread of the variant as much as possible, three weeks before the Winter Olympics and the great migrations of the Lunar New Year.


Xi'an, Tianjin, Henan, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing… One after the other, the major economic and industrial “hubs” of the Middle Kingdom find themselves besieged by Covid-19, Delta or Omicron variant.

Faced with this “outbreak” of local infections (a hundred cases per day), companies are trying as best they can to adapt to the confinements and other restrictions inherent in the Chinese “zero Covid” strategy.

Even if signs of seizing appear, the impact of health measures remains limited for the moment.

However, the proliferation of the Omicron variant on Chinese territory could well change the situation and affect the already weakened global supply chain.

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In the city of Xi'an, famous for its army of terracotta soldiers, a resurgence of Covid-19 cases led to the strict confinement of its 13 million inhabitants at the end of December.

A situation that has turned into a headache for industrialists in the region, due to a lack of manpower...

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Source: lefigaro

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