A medical worker performs Covid tests on residents of an isolated street community in Shanghai on April 4, 2022. The city has extended lockdown measures as the number of cases rises high.
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China’s financial hub Shanghai reported a new record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases on Saturday as the country imposed new lockdown measures, emphasizing a “liberating” approach. dynamic ground” to control Covid.
Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, an industrial park in central Henan province, where the production facilities of companies include Apple supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lockdown on Friday “to be adjusted to the epidemic situation.”
Foxconn is the trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry. Only employees with a valid pass, health code and proof of a negative COVID test will be able to leave the area during this time, although “special vehicles” will be able to travel normally for the same reason. work, the economic zone government said in a post on an official WeChat account.
Foxconn did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The announcement comes as the northwestern city of Xi’an said it would temporarily impose a partial ban on its 13 million residents after dozens of cases of Covid-19 were reported this month.
The new restrictions highlight widespread supply chain disruptions that could potentially lead to delays in shipments from companies including Apple.
Economists also say that the restrictive measures will affect the country’s economic growth rate this year.
China’s central bank on Friday night cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserve in a move to support slowing growth.
On Friday, the head of China’s electric car marking department Xpeng Automakers may have to suspend production next month if suppliers in Shanghai and surrounding areas are unable to resume operations.
Shanghai, the center of China’s latest outbreak, on Saturday reported a record 3,590 symptomatic cases and 19,923 asymptomatic cases on April 15. The number of asymptomatic cases slight increase from 19,872 cases a day earlier.
The city’s tally of Covid cases continues to account for the majority of cases nationwide even as the majority of the city’s 25 million residents remain under lockdown. China reported 24,791 new coronavirus cases as of April 15, of which 3,896 were symptomatic and 20,895 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said. on Saturday.
That compares with 24,268 new cases a day earlier – 3,486 symptomatic infections and 20,782 asymptomatic infections, which China counted separately.
Henan province, home to the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, reported 24 new asymptomatic cases on Friday and none with symptoms.
