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China Covid cases surge as country opens up, disrupting offshore fabrication

Yards face workforce shortages as workers call in sick, but labour crunch will be short lived as Covid symptoms typically last a week

Cases increasing: medical workers attend to patients in the intensive care unit of the emergency department at Beijing Chaoyang hospital amid Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing.
Cases increasing: medical workers attend to patients in the intensive care unit of the emergency department at Beijing Chaoyang hospital amid Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing.Photo: CHINA DAILY/REUTERS/SCANPIX
  • Xu Yihe
Houston
ChinaCovidAsia & OceaniaEast Asia
Published 28 December 2022, 07:13Updated 28 December 2022, 09:23