Ningbo COVID-19 flare-ups prompt supply chain disruption fears

Five new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Chinese city of Ningbo have prompted further fears of disruption from the city’s major port.

The new cases reported on 7 December join the three reported cases in its Zhenhai district on 6 December.

Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported by local authorities on Tuesday in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. The cases were detected during mass testing, which began on Monday to prevent further infection after the city reported three cases in its Zhenhai district on Monday. pic.twitter.com/tbiTlXKe2z

— ShanghaiEye (@ShanghaiEye) December 7, 2021
State media reported that Ningbo authorities upgraded its emergency response to the highest level at 2am local time on 7 December, in addition to imposing a temporary closure of the Zhenhai district to curb the spread.

#Ningbo upgraded its emergency response to the highest level at 2 am on Tuesday and has imposed a temporary closure of Zhenhai district to prevent the spread of the pandemic due to the three COVID-19 cases in the area. #NingboFocus pic.twitter.com/2TYE8UWJ1e

— Insight Ningbo (@InsightNingbo) December 7, 2021
The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan was rocked earlier this year by COVID-19 outbreaks as a terminal at the port downed operations, slowly restarting by the end of August 2021.

The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, which processed 26.7 million TEU from January to October 2021, is a critical container hub in the East China region.

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