Economics

Global Supply Chains Are Being Battered by Fresh Covid Surges

  • Virus snags Asian shippers as high-demand holiday season nears
  • Southeast Asia suffers worst, all eyes now on China’s outbreak
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Asia’s renewed surge in Covid-19 infections is compounding supply-chain blockages across the world’s biggest source of manufactured goods.