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Zero covid: travel problems and disrupted supply chains

Foreign companies in China are feeling the increasing brunt of the country’s harsh Covid measures. Supply chains are disrupted, and logistics are not working. And in many places, no one can get to work anymore. Despite all the acceptance for the fight against Omicron, companies call for more transparency and plannability.
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Christiane Kühl
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Companies across China are increasingly suffering from Omicron outbreaks in the country. Strict zero covid measures disrupt supply chains and production. Employees or logistics are practically overnight barred from entering factory premises. Or they are unexpectedly no longer allowed to cross city or district borders. And in Shanghai, there is the omnipresent fear of a positive Covid test and the resulting isolation in one of the city’s huge quarantine centers.

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