China has placed its resident of the southern city of Shenzhen into lockdown for at least a week, seeking to halt a growing Covid-19 outbreak with a move that could cause disruption and production delays in the key technology hub and port.
The lockdown came as virus cases nationwide double to nearly 3,400. The measure, announced Sunday, followed earlier restrictions placed on Shenzhen’s central business district, and will last until March 20.
Shenzen îs the tech hub of the world and houses key manufacturing facility of Apple Inc.
Apple product manufacture Foxconn said, it has halted production and shipments of Mac Studio would have impact on this renewed lockdown.
HSI Chinese Tech Index down by 7.6% following the movement.
The infection is China is thought to be linked to the outbreak in Hong Kong where about 300,000 people are held under isolation.
“If prevention and control is not strengthened in a timely and decisive manner, it could easily become large-scale community transmission,” Shenzhen health official Lin Hancheng said at a briefing.
