of hunting out and isolating infections as it hands back to individuals most of the task of detection and treatment.
"It won’t relax any time soon," he added, saying the mill wanted to hold down infections as much as possible with the system in which workers live and work onsite, isolated from the wider world. Many nations exiting COVID-19 curbs overcame similar challenges in restoring business activity, but Chinese firms' scramble spotlights the difficulties ahead in reviving a slowing economy rendered a global outlier by the zero-COVID approach."Many of my workers with heavy mortgage burdens want to earn more money to have a good Chinese New Year," said Yang Bingben, whose factory in the eastern city of Wenzhou makes valves for industrial use.
To avoid disruption from any infections, Yang initially considered shutting the factory early ahead of the Chinese New Year, but ultimately set aside that option.