Shanghai Factories Isolate Staff to Keep Operating in Lockdown
- Closed loop systems allow plants to keep working within limits
- Similar system deployed in Shenzhen during recent lockdown
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Companies including China’s biggest chip producer and an Apple Inc. supplier are continuing to operate factories in Shanghai during the city’s lockdown by isolating workers and running a closed-off procedure authorized by local authorities, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Shanghai government is allowing some manufacturers to run so-called closed loop systems where employees are able to keep working as long as they’re confined to the factory campus and adhere to certain Covid and testing protocols, the people said, asking not to be named discussing internal procedures. Production capacity, however, may still be affected to some degree due to disruptions to logistics and supply chains.