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Volkswagen, Toyota Shut Tianjin Plants as Outbreak Spreads: Times

CHINA PRESS
MNI (Singapore)

Volkswagen and Toyota's factories in China’s Tianjin city have been shut since Monday as employees undergo Covid tests amid a new outbreak confronting the port city, the Global Times said. Production lines in other parts of China will try to make up for the potential capacity losses, the newspaper said citing unidentified sources within the industry. Tianjin reported 41 domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms on Wednesday, up from 33 on Tuesday, adding the total to 256 confirmed cases. The outbreak in Tianjin has spread to at least two other cities - Anyang in central Henan province and Dalian, a port city in northeast Liaoning.

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