Shanghai Covid-19 Lockdown Poses Fresh Test to Supply Chains. Authorities imposed a two-stage lockdown on China’s most populous city on Monday, the latest reverberation from the country’s zero-tolerance Covid-19 strategy that is facing its toughest test yet from the highly contagious Omicron variant.

Those moving goods across provincial boundaries (near Shanghai) must contend with a patchwork of different health regulations, said Akhil Nair, vice president of global carrier management and ocean strategy at SEKO Logistics.

 

SOURCE: wsj.com by Yoko Kubota March 28 2022