China’s adherence to a strict zero covid policy is hampering economic growth, and workers across the country are feeling the effects.
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Tech giant Huawei’s head of consumer and auto business Richard Yu also warned this month of economic fallout. “We’ve been in here a long time,” said one of the students, a young woman who who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss school policies that have not been widely publicized. “We don’t know when we can come out.”
“Any companies that have workers in a closed loop — they say these workers are under immense pressure,” said Hart. “Because they can’t go home … there is concern about mental health and just safety in general.” “For medical reasons, I am pleading with the community to allow me to quarantine at home,” said Zimmerman, who had open-heart surgery in December, and who said he will not be able to leave quarantine until May 2.As in many parts of the country, companies in the Nanjing industrial park have struggled both to get supplies in, and to ship products out.
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