World Economy Braces For Supply Chain Chaos As COVID Closes China
Submitted by Dave Hodges on Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 13:07.
News from China over the last day shows a new outbreak of the highly contagious omicron variant has infected more than 5,000 people, the most since the early days of the pandemic in early 2020. China's zero-tolerance approach has shuttered factories and placed some 51 million people into some form of lockdown.
As of Tuesday, omicron variant infections have been reported in 21 provinces and municipalities nationwide, including the capital of Beijing. According to CNN, five cities are in lockdown, including Changchun, Jilin, Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Langfang.
