BEIJING, Dec 14 — China’s economically important Zhejiang province wrestled today with a Covid outbreak that has left half a million people quarantined and some districts under business shutdown.
Although Chinese case counts are miniscule compared to other major economies, officials in Zhejiang have employed the country’s signature mass testing blitz and targeted lockdowns with concern high over fresh outbreaks as Beijing gears up to host the Winter Olympics in February.The problems in the province come as Chinese media reported yesterday that the country’s first case of the fast-spreading Omicron variant had been identified in the northern port city of Tianjin.
Ningbo’s Zhenhai district, a large petrochemical base, said all enterprises not related to virus control or deemed crucial to the public would be shut down and that petrochemical producers would have to reduce output.Several publicly listed companies in Hangzhou, the province’s capital and largest city, have also released statements saying they had suspended production.
He expects the flare-up could take up to 40 days to subside, with manufacturers possibly resuming work only after the Lunar New Year holiday in February.
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