People in the Chinese city of Shanghai are getting ready to open their factories again. For example, Tesla, for example, is getting ready to restart its factory in Shanghai.
Flare-ups of COVID-19 are clogging up China’s transportation systems, leaving workers stranded on highways and ports, and shutting down a lot of factories.
SHANGHAI: Most businesses in China’s economic centre have been closed for nearly three weeks because of a lockdown called COVID-19. Tesla and other manufacturers began preparing to reopen their factories in Shanghai on Monday, as the city stepped up efforts to get out of the lockdown.
Two sources told Reuters that people who work at Tesla’s plant have been called back to work,
They said that while the US automaker had planned to restart one production shift on Monday, it now wants to do so on Tuesday.
One of the sources said that one reason was that a supplier was having problems with shipping.
Tesla didn’t respond right away to a question about what they were doing.
People who work for SAIC Motor, which is a Chinese company that works with both Volkswagen and General Motors, said they would start stress-testing their production plans on Monday.
In China’s most populous city, business has come to a standstill because of a lockdown. Wider restrictions are shaking global supply chains and hurting China’s second-largest economy during a critical year for President Xi Jinping, who is expected to win a third term in the fall.
A vice–premier says that China’s supply chains need to be more stable.
China’s supply chains must be kept safe as COVID-19 spreads, the official Xinhua news agency quoted Vice Premier Liu He as saying. Local governments should help key businesses get back to work, he said.
China’s logistics chains are getting clogged up by COVID-19 flare-ups, which are stopping people from getting to their jobs and shutting down a lot of factories.
People around the world are already feeling the effects of the changes.
There was a big drop in economic activity in March, and analysts say that April will get worse as long as the lockdowns go on.
Traffic permits for drivers should be recognised across the country, and transportation shouldn’t be slowed down because drivers are waiting for their COVID-19 test results.
The “White List”
People in China’s industry regulator came up with a “white list” of 666 companies, mostly in Shanghai’s semiconductor, auto, and medical supply sectors. They should be able to keep working.
This is what happened to an employee at a company on the list. Her employer told her that she could apply for a permit to drive to work or be picked up from home.
According to new advice, companies that want to get back to work should stock up on medical supplies and set up loops for workers who have to live at their place of work or be limited in how far they can travel between work and home.
One of the goals is to not be seen.
Shanghai is under a lot of pressure to make good on China’s COVID-19 elimination plan, which has kept the coronavirus at bay for the last two years but is now being threatened by the highly infectious omicron variant.
There have been over 200 million PCR tests in Shanghai since March 10, when the city’s cases began to rise, state media said.
There were three people who died on Sunday who had been infected with COVID-19 and had COVID-19, which was a first for Shanghai during this outbreak.
They were two women and a man who were 89 or older. The city said that they had health problems like coronary heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure, but added that they were all in good health.
