World’s factory floors hit by supply-chain shocks

Delta damage: A file picture showing workers assembling shoes in Hebei. The Delta flare-up in China alone is affecting areas that account for more than one-third of its gross domestic product. — AP

BEIJING: Asia’s renewed surge in Covid-19 infections is compounding supply-chain blockages across the world’s biggest source of manufactured goods.

After weathering earlier pandemic waves better than other regions, the fast-spreading Delta variant has thrown into turmoil factories and ports in countries that were once among the most successful containing the virus.