China’s Omicron Variant Outbreak May Affect Industry in Yangtze River Delta

Global solar energy supply chains may be affected

A worker disinfects the floor outside the inflated cabins at the pop-up Huo-Yan Laboratory set up to test samples for COVID-19 virus in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu Province on July 28, 2021. Chinatopix/Via AP

A few weeks after Shanghai’s reopening from its three-month lockdown, another outbreak of Omicron variant BA.5 occurred in Shanghai City, Anhui Province, and other areas. As of July 12, there were 804 areas in mainland China designated as medium or high-risk due to active COVID-19 cases. The Yangtze River Delta industrial area, including 73 high-risk areas, is also affected, with 34 located in Anhui Province and 39 in Jiangsu Province.

As reports of new cases emerged in Shanghai on July 11, some neighborhood committees advised residents to start preparing 14-day stockpile of supplies.