Epidemic Counterattack! It Spread to 28 Provinces, And Many Places Were Out of Service! Global Energy Prices Soar! Many Factories Are Closed!

Spread! 28 provinces fight back against the epidemic!

Recently, sporadic outbreaks have occurred in many places, and the epidemic situation in some areas has tightened. According to the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, from March 1 to 14, a total of more than 15,000 infected people were reported in the local epidemic, affecting 28 provinces. The epidemic prevention and control is more difficult, and the prevention and control situation is severe and complicated.

A new study published in The Lancet suggests that the number of deaths worldwide from the Covid-19 pandemic may be more than three times the official record. Zhang Wenhong, deputy to the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and director of the Department of Infectious Diseases of Huashan Hospital, said that the global new crown epidemic has entered a new stage, and the number of cases has "blowout". It is suggested that a plan should be made for "the scale of the epidemic is 5 or 10 times larger than the current one".

Discontinued! Many factories are closed!

On March 14, a number of major electronics factories in Guangdong announced to suspend work due to the impact of epidemic control, including Foxconn, Xinxing, Jingcheng, Yecheng GIS, Dongguan Lens, etc.

Foxconn Shenzhen Park will suspend operations and make necessary production deployment at the backup factory.

According to Taiwan Media Economic Daily, Hon Hai (the parent company of Foxconn) issued a statement on March 14, stating that Hon Hai’s parks in Shenzhen, mainland China (Longhua, Guanlan, etc.) cooperate with the local government’s new crown epidemic prevention work, and will suspend operations from now on. The resumption time is to be notified by the local government.

Foxconn stated that due to the fact that the company has other backup factories, the necessary production deployment has been carried out to reduce the impact on the company's operations. In the Foxconn Park, anti-epidemic measures such as nucleic acid testing for all employees were simultaneously launched to ensure the safety and health of employees in the park.

Alert! Global economic changes, global energy prices soar!

The domestic epidemic is fighting back, and the international situation is not optimistic in the near future.

As the situation in Russia and Ukraine has not improved significantly, energy prices have continued to rise. This has hit European manufacturing. Many factories have recently announced production cuts or shutdowns.

The recent surge in oil and natural gas prices has put pressure on many business operators. According to a report on the ABC website on the 13th, the head of an Italian papermaking company said a few days ago that higher energy prices squeezed the profit margins of the company. If they want to make a profit, they have to raise the price of paper from 680 euros per ton, or about 4,700 yuan, to 1,200 euros, or about 8,300 yuan. But such price increases will obviously make the goods of their own companies "unloved". In order to avoid greater losses, he has recently decided to close the company's six factories.

In addition, a number of Italian steel plants have recently announced temporary shutdowns. Some companies said they plan to wait until natural gas prices have eased before fully restarting production.

The recent economic situation is not ideal. It seems that chemical workers should put more effort into risk prevention this year and place orders with caution!